stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down156file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1299arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accountsmashable.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
We took a close look at Elon Musk’s more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoIt’s most likely scraper bots. Twitter has started blocking no-login view of many parts and now every scraper is loging in to collect this data and Elon is either being automatically followed or suggested for new accounts.
It’s most likely scraper bots.
Twitter has started blocking no-login view of many parts and now every scraper is loging in to collect this data and Elon is either being automatically followed or suggested for new accounts.