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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 08:33 PM Aug 2019

Has anyone noticed that when 45 tweets it is instantly retweeted hundreds of times?

Here's what I observed about half an hour ago; Tweetler posted this about Comey:


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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump
“They could have charged Comey with theft of government documents, 641 of the Criminal Code, because the IG found these were not his personal documents, these were government documents.” @GreggJarrett “Comey’s claim that these were just his own personal recollections would not..

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4:54 PM - Aug 30, 2019

Two minutes after it hits Twitter it was at 800 retweets and 2.5K+ likes. The counters were literally revolving. Like every second. This is not normal. On other people's tweets the counter would turn over every now and then. And certainly not within two minutes!
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Has anyone noticed that when 45 tweets it is instantly retweeted hundreds of times? (Original Post) icymist Aug 2019 OP
It's probably a shit-ton of bots that do it sakabatou Aug 2019 #1
kgb Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #2
Working overtime in St.Petersburg. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #3
It would be interesting to see where all those retweets and likes are coming from. icymist Aug 2019 #4
The Bot network is alive and well. Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #5
BOTs Bag Of Turds Blue Owl Aug 2019 #6
Probably done by the campaign manager. LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #7
Fake electronic groundswell, paid for like his candidacy announcement crowd. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #8

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
8. Fake electronic groundswell, paid for like his candidacy announcement crowd.
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 08:36 AM
Aug 2019

On the substance of the tweet, theft of government documents, he keeps altering and destroying government documents, all the time.

But he's 'strongly against' abuse of government documents.

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