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[ PRIVACY Forum ] "Buying Their Way to Twitter Fame"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:56:20 -0700
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"Buying Their Way to Twitter Fame"
http://j.mp/O7snpe (New York Times)
"It may be the worst-kept secret in the Twittersphere. That friend who
brags about having 1,000, even 100,000 Twitter followers may not have
earned them through hard work and social networking; he may have
simply bought them on the black market. And it's not just ego-driven
blogger types. Celebrities, politicians, start-ups, aspiring rock
stars, reality show hopefuls - anyone who might benefit from having a
larger social media footprint - are known to have bought large blocks
of Twitter followers."
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