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... here's a current example. Just saw this promoted tweet from Prudential on my timeline. It's already generating engagements (10 RTs, 38 Likes):

https://twitter.com/Prudential/status/918475795479351296

Click on the Likes below the tweet (will show you list of accounts engaged), and tell me this is real human engagement.

You will see accounts like this:

https://twitter.com/Electriflyy

Twitter won't consider this a bot, yet this "person" already liked 192,000 tweets:

https://twitter.com/Electriflyy

Here's another account who engaged with this promoted tweet, for which Prudential is getting billed:

https://twitter.com/JonTheGr8

Again, look at the number of tweets this "person" liked (72,000).

Other "engagements" come from:

https://twitter.com/RobertT70111579 https://twitter.com/TeghanJustin https://twitter.com/brandon_gorsuch ... Notice the pattern?

Prudential is getting ripped off right in front of us.

This is happening now across all brands, at massive scale.




I like/reply most ads I get so they waste money on nothing. That's my little fuck you to the ad industry.


Looking at that RobertT account I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s one of the Russian IRA accounts.




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