Fake accounts on Twitter: Ignore or Remove them?
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In the last week, I manually removed ~100 fake follower accounts.
First, they were some 🔥 girls. (we understand)
Then, some South Korean-looking guys.
Now, some African guys.
Does anybody experience these fake followers as well?
What is your approach?
[for me, the quality of the audience and true connections matter, that's why I remove them from my follower counts]
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Eddie Hsu@apolkingg8
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This seems to be a phenomenon that only occurred within this year? I've been away from Twitter for a while, but I don't remember this problem ever happening before.
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How did you remove them?
@busmark_w_nika I have a feeling that Elon will shut this down asap.
Block them right away.
They can clutter your feed with irrelevant or spammy content and they don't contribute to genuine interactions or discussions. Some fake accounts might be used for malicious purposes, such as spreading misinformation about your products or phishing scams
@busmark_w_nika Should be. But can Twitter/X ensure that they won't return?
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It is frustrating, but I choose to ignore it and not let it affect me.
This is annoying but I don't pay heed to them and just let them be!
@busmark_w_nika Woah that's a lot, yeah that kind of number must be dealt with !!
I don't want them taking any more time out of my day so I just ignore them tbh
@busmark_w_nika Both, really annoying~😥
Fake accounts can be used to spread hate speech or misinformation. Removing them can help protect yourself and others from online abuse.
What made you think they were fake follower accounts?
You can use something like owlead.com to remove them in bulk. Most of those accounts are not active, and you can set up a "x" days inactive filter, and remove all.
@busmark_w_nika it's awesome. Easy to use, to the point, not expensive.
I think removal is the way to go. In my previous company, the person who held the marketing role before me seemed to have bought these bot followers for our TikTok account. A profile that has over 6,000 followers, but less than 100 views and even fewer likes per post is suspicious to *real* viewers. It's dishonest and decreases the genuine connection businesses look to make with true/potential followers. Makes it look like your business is taking a shortcut in marketing, which makes the customer wonder if you take shortcuts in your service/product as well.
While paying for bots is different from the spam-bots that will follow you hundreds at a time without your want - keeping those profiles as followers has the same effect in seeming like you're just trying to boost your follower-count in a cheap, dishonest manner.
I used to just ignore them, but lately I've been removing the more egregious fake accounts. Too many of them can really pollute your feed and make Twitter a less enjoyable experience IMO. I know it's whack-a-mole, but I still think it's worth doing periodic cleanups. Anyone know of automated tools to help identify likely fakes and bulk remove them? That would make the process way easier.
I really hate those pornographic accounts.
I remove them and another super annoying thing is when you receive messages from these fakes.. a thousand shades of inappropriateness
@busmark_w_nika People who know how to make money don't waste time wondering how to make money for others :D
Remove those accounts. they interfere with account health and our accounts can be banned, anyway they can interfere with logarithms
@busmark_w_nika Yes, that's what I meant