Like her idol. Rachel Maddow Using Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts To Boost Mentions Of Show? http://t.co/A9GHDXbI8A via @DanRiehl
— Deplorable Covfefe (@deeplorabl) March 2, 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:
https://twitter.com/sexyayeshamoosa/statuses/305314430630113280
https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/305314823783202816
https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/306461609465884672
https://twitter.com/its_kassie5838/status/307799405967310849
https://twitter.com/therealtranmanh/status/307566196922937344
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 => pic.twitter.com/ltpyUK1ua1
— Lefty Bollocks (@LeftyBollocks) March 2, 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.
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https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/307898794803097600
https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/307817891535912963
You’re unique! Just like every other Maddow-lovin’ spammer.
https://twitter.com/collegepolitico/status/307722546957144065
LOL jk. I'm not a spam bot…
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) March 2, 2013
Did Maddow or one of her staffers launch a paid campaign to trend the #Maddow hashtag on Twitter?
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/307717233470226433
Conservative Twitter users have their suspicions.
https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307706370369662976
awwwww @maddow … you really had to 'fake it' on Twitter? #sosad #maddow
— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) March 2, 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.
— Small g Gay (@SmallgGay) March 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/brady_cremeens/status/307728495377793024
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 (@MarcTGroveSr) March 2, 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.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) March 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307716112110465024
For now, the flood of #Maddow spam-tweets appears to have ended.
https://twitter.com/icwhatudo/status/307886236738129920
Heh.
Update:
And … they’re back:
https://twitter.com/hottietarra7778/status/307902239232643072
https://twitter.com/itsdainebahamon/status/307903249766309892
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 2, 2013
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