Sure are a lot of fake #twitter accounts retweeting messages on #Maddow tag #tlot #tcot
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Liberty (@Libertymeme) March 01, 2013Like her idol. Rachel Maddow Using Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts To Boost Mentions Of Show? shar.es/jJF6s via @DanRiehl—
Rockermom (@therockermom) March 02, 2013
A thread at Free Republic suggests that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow “has been using phony twitter accounts to boost her ‘mentions’ on” Twitter. A search yields hundreds of identical tweets like this:
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Ayesha Moosa (@sexyayeshamoosa) February 23, 2013
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Sherice Lanzi (@missshericelanz) February 23, 2013
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Joya Broadnay (@sexy_joyabroadn) February 26, 2013
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Kassie Scattergood (@its_kassie5838) March 02, 2013
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Tran Manhardt (@therealtranmanh) March 01, 2013
Twitter user @LeftyBollocks shared a screen shot of just some of the tweets from apparent spambots.
Ever wonder how a show nobody watches (#Maddow) trends on Twitter? Pay for spam bots => http://t.co/ltpyUK1ua1—
Lefty Bollocks (@LeftyBollocks) March 02, 2013
The tweets from cleavage-flaunting Maddow “fans” date back to at least Feb. 23. Using the DoesFollow service, Twitchy checked dozens of the accounts to determine whether any actually follow Rachel Maddow on Twitter.
The answer?
In fact, many of these accounts have few followers and follow no one, and most have tweeted the hashtag #TeamFollowback. That hashtag is often used by spammers to build follower counts so their accounts seem more legitimate.
I just want to cuddle <3 #teamfollowback—
Sherice Lanzi (@missshericelanz) March 02, 2013
Always remember youre unique, just like everyone else. #teamfollowback #autofollow—
Joya Broadnay (@sexy_joyabroadn) March 02, 2013
You’re unique! Just like every other Maddow-lovin’ spammer.
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Stephen Gutowski (@collegepolitico) March 02, 2013
LOL jk. I'm not a spam bot…—
Stephen Gutowski (@collegepolitico) March 02, 2013
Did Maddow or one of her staffers launch a paid campaign to trend the #Maddow hashtag on Twitter?
CHARGE: Rachel Maddow Busted Using Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts To Boost Mentions Of Her Show?
bit.ly/Wvanh0 via @instapundit—
Instapundit.com (@instapundit) March 02, 2013
Conservative Twitter users have their suspicions.
Hilarious! Rachel Maddow busted using fake accounts to boost mentions on twitter. Search:"I yell at my TV while watching Rachel" and laugh!—
Icwhatudo (@icwhatudo) March 02, 2013
awwwww @maddow … you really had to 'fake it' on Twitter? #sosad #maddow—
Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) March 02, 2013
The good thing for #Maddow is her five viewers will never hear that she's a fraud and her network will never mention it.—
(@SmallgGay) March 02, 2013
Imagine the mockery if O'Reilly or Hannity used a bunch of sock puppets to promote their show. But unlike Maddow, they'd never need to.—
Brady Cremeens (@brady_cremeens) March 02, 2013
OH my lots of fail on that @Maddow RT @BryTupper: Being accused of using fake twitter accounts to boost up mentions/trends for her show. #—
Marc T Grove (@mtgrove) March 02, 2013
This news of @maddow using fake Twitter accounts to spam on behalf of her show has me stunned. I don’t know what to believe anymore.—
John Ekdahl, Jr. (@JohnEkdahl) March 02, 2013
@DanRiehl If she is "gaming the system" to boost mentions, maybe she is doing the same on # of viewers. If so she is doing a crappy job.—
Icwhatudo (@icwhatudo) March 02, 2013
For now, the flood of #Maddow spam-tweets appears to have ended.
@DanRiehl I wonder if sudden stop of #maddow bots (4hrs ago) had something to do with story breaking, or maybe her fingers tired of typing—
Icwhatudo (@icwhatudo) March 02, 2013
Heh.
Update:
And … they’re back:
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Tarra Horikoshi (@hottietarra7778) March 02, 2013
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Daine Bahamonde (@itsdainebahamon) March 02, 2013
Update:
Twitter suspends fake accounts that pimped Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show
Update:
MSNBC tweeted a statement that was retweeted by the verified Maddow Blog account.
RT @msnbcPR Spam on #maddow hashtag is not coming from the show or any producers. Have reached out to Twitter to investigate—
Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 02, 2013
