Or as we call it around here it is a day ending in day!
More seriously Twitter seems to be deluged by bots signing up to follow the President’s personal and/or official accounts and, at least for now doing nothing. There are also widespread reports of people who are not following the President being signed up to follow the President’s personal and/or official accounts without their permission. They are also apparently following other elites and notables like Secretary Clinton, President Obama, even Ellen Degeneres.
From the white hat hacker known as the Jester.
@realDonaldTrump #FLASH Multiple people now reporting their account followed @realdonaldtrump without them doing it. Check ur account.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
@realDonaldTrump ^^^ PSA: I'm currently blocking Trump bots. You can auto-block them all now and in the future by subscribing here >> https://t.co/ivakWBbnja
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 30, 2017
@cheeseheadlucy @20committee @TheRickWilson Just found the same thing… pic.twitter.com/FYY16pKitf
— M.H. (@AmaniNaUpendo) May 30, 2017
@Sources_CloseTo @unitedMongrels Right. Obama's up at about 50/minute; Ellen DeGeneres about 40/minute. Someone tweeted new accounts automatically follow famous accounts
— Cheesehead Lucy (@cheeseheadlucy) May 30, 2017
@cheeseheadlucy @Sources_CloseTo @unitedMongrels These bots are all following DJT, HRC, BHO, Ellen, Kim K, etc. Explains the linear increase for everyone
— The Cold/Civil War (@donewithgopntx) May 30, 2017
No one is quite sure what it means or what is going on (after the jump).
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