I am Marx total lack of surprise
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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arnt most conservative grifters social media are the same thing, use bots to engage with bots, hopefully to draw in "like minded conservatives/.
Aged like milk.
I vote for the "die trying" bit.
or die trying
Please do
Well to his credit, Twitter is dead now. X is just wearing its skin
MAGAts are scum and they are destroying this country.
Yeah... a lot of people with large follower counts and are a bit TOO "online" probably have bot farms crank up their numbers. And the platforms definitely know who is doing shit like this and basically gave up on trying to majorly resolve it since it also juiced their own metrics for investors. Still, nice to see conformation that, once again, Elon is full of shit.
True of virtually every celebrity and professionally managed account at this point.
Hell, I've got a few hundred followers on Bluesky and would be shocked if one in ten is a real person
My first Fediverse account was on Pixelfed. I am nobody, but I immediately attracted a couple dozen followers. All blank profiles, all followed exactly five accounts, all suspiciously algorithmic names. They've all gone quiet.
Disingenuous social media participation is everywhere. I think we might call it "cyberturfing."
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