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mwmisses4289

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2. On most social media sites, if I see someone

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:28 AM

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has more than 150, 000 followers, I suspect most of them are bots. My skepticism is driven by stories like the one in the op. Seems more and more of these types of stories are coming out, where someone claims to have millions of followers worldwide, and a deep dive shows that a lot of those followers are bots.

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A MAGA bot network on X is divided over the Trump-Epstein backlash [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

And people still use twitter. Scrivener7 Sunday #1

I thought Musk wanted to get rid of the bots on Twitter Bluetus Sunday #3

On most social media sites, if I see someone mwmisses4289 Sunday #2

We are living in a bizarrely artificial world these days PatSeg Sunday #4

When we fucking put down the phone and closer the browser windows, all the MAGA bot fuck-shit melts away. SoFlaBro Sunday #7

True PatSeg Sunday #11

Elon could shut this down in a heartbeat FakeNoose Sunday #5

To be honest my preference is SouthBayDem Sunday #6

It's almost like he's talking to himself, isn't? mwmisses4289 Sunday #10

LOL. Let the bots fight it out and see who wins. Martin68 Sunday #8

Social media is cancer JoseBalow Sunday #9