Just for fun, we started digging through the accounts followed by 60 popular verified #MAGA accounts to see what there is to see. We found one weird thing that stuck out like a sore thumb (and will add more if/when we find more). . .
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Meet @ScottIngwers. This account has never tweeted, never liked any tweets, has no bio, and uses a default profile pic. Despite this, its 342 followers include @DonaldJTrumpJr, @IvankaTrump, and @EricTrump.
Since the account has no content, there's not really much about @ScottIngwers to analyze, but we did notice that despite the account being totally empty, it's picked up followers in a variety of languages.
(also possibly interesting, one of @ScottIngwers protected followers, @wn_defenders, has the "1488" white supremacist dog whistle in its profile)
(possible partial explanation - as several folks have pointed out, there is a Trump Hotels executive with the same name as the empty account)
Moving on, four of the verified #MAGA accounts follow members of the Mad World News botnet:
• @PatriotCELL is followed by @DineshDSouza, @LisaMarieBoothe, @chuckwoolery, and @drdavidsamadi
• @The4GNet is followed by @LisaMarieBoothe and @chuckwoolery
Next up, two of the prominent verified #MAGA accounts (@CassandraRules and @johncardillo) follow perennial bot magnet @ARTEM_KLYUSHIN.
Some recent threads on Klyushin's account:
Four of the large blue-check #MAGA accounts (@DineshDSouza, @ChanelRion, @ScottBaio, and @gatewaypundit) follow conspiracy theory dispenser @GregRubini, an account that repeatedly claims without evidence to have "sources" in Trump's inner circle.
Moving on, former NYC mayor and current #MAGA propaganda maven @RudyGiulian follows only 522 Twitter accounts. The first 7 are Trump, Pence, two Trump campaign accounts, and Trump's children, suggesting that Giuliani joined Twitter for the purpose of promoting Trump's candidacy.
Giuliani also follows @NealeyMaxwell, an account with a default pic, no bio, and 58 followers. In addition to pushing Giuliani's #MAGA propaganda, this account has a bunch of hydroxycholoroquine/herd immunity COVID-19 tweets, and likes Tulsi Gabbard but attacks other Democrats.
*oops, tag is wrong, should be @RudyGiuliani of course.
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