MDAug 18, 2023
Todd Vaziri

42% of his followers have zero followers on their own account.

72% his followers have less than 10 followers on their account.

100M of his followers have less than 10 tweets posted to their account.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-follower-data

Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

Mashable
Aug 18, 2023 at 8:17pmElk
Show threadGretchen AndersonAug 18, 2023
@tvaziri is this why you can’t see someone’s whole followers list anymore 😂
Show threadMartinAug 18, 2023
@tvaziri At this point the whole affair is just a learning case for clinical psychology students.
Show threadJasonAug 18, 2023
@micron @tvaziri Precisely. Now, the next social science question is how much of this is paid for by him, and how much of it is paid for by his Stans.
Show threadMartinAug 18, 2023
@Jason2357 @tvaziri Either way this article will definitely drive his narcissistic ego absolutely crazy.
And then maybe indeed this is what comes next ;-):
https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/110911618907922425
Show threadDavid Landon Aug 18, 2023
@tvaziri It's like a much stupider version of when Agent Smith took over the Matrix.
Show threadSusan LewisAug 18, 2023
@tvaziri How does that compare with users who have him blocked?
Show threadKanaMaunaAug 18, 2023
@tvaziri Bots all the way down.
Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Aug 18, 2023

@tvaziri Musk's fragile ego appears to be addicted to masses of fake followers populating his artificial pomposity account.
Fake followers tell us a lot of truths about his relevance.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-twitter-followers-fake-spambot-b2069527.html
#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Freedom #Equality #Community #TruthWins #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether #Twitter #AntisocialMedia

More than half of Elon Musk’s Twitter followers are fake

World’s richest person pledged to ‘defeat the spam bots or die trying’ after takeover announced, though succeeding could reduce his followers by half

The Independent
Show threaddonkeyAug 18, 2023
@tvaziri I bet his account will still have the ability to block people.
Show threadMDAug 18, 2023

@tvaziri in his defense, he was very concerned about bots during the acquisition

(Was)

Show threadRichard NairnAug 19, 2023
@tvaziri Chief Bot Farmer
Show threadrespectmyplanet.orgAug 19, 2023
@tvaziri The user who collected the data will lose his acct if he is lucky. If he is unlucky, Musk will pay goons to harass him into submission. Nothing Musk dislikes more than freedom of speech that spotlights his lies and narcissism. This is one of the main reasons Musk has blocked Twitter API’s that allow real programmers to shine a light on his bullshit. The user who compiled that data had to work for it and will now lose his ability to use the diseased platform.