Thread by @conspirator0

A new account named @kamala_wins47 has racked up 56K followers in just three weeks, and is now claiming to be affiliated with the DNC.

In reality, this account appears to be nothing more than the latest version of a banned T-shirt spam account, @emywinst.

cc: @ZellaQuixote

As with the banned @emywinst account, the @kamala_wins47 account farms engagement by reposting other people's videos, accompanied by bogus claims that the videos have been deleted from Twitter. These video posts frequently garner massive view counts.

@Emywinst @kamala_wins47 The operator of the @kamala_wins47 account generally follows up these viral video posts with one or more replies advertising T-shirts sold on bestusatee(dot)com. This strategy is identical to that used by the banned @emywinst account.

@Emywinst @kamala_wins47 As pointed out by @JoohnChoe and others, the T-shirts advertised by the @kamala_wins47 account aren't even original; the designs are plagiarized from existing garments.

@Emywinst @kamala_wins47 @JoohnChoe Also, not to point out the obvious, but this image of Taylor Swift allegedly wearing one of the @kamala_wins47 account's alleged T-shirts is obviously photoshopped.

@Emywinst @kamala_wins47 @JoohnChoe One final detail: the operator of this account briefly attempted to pass themselves off as @dudes4harris at the end of July, and may have been affiliated with the (now suspended) impersonation account @dudesforharris.

The @Kamala_tim_wins account appears to be part of the same project.

Update: the @kamala_wins47 spam account now has a blue checkmark.

Substack post with more detail on the whole saga: conspirator0.substack.com/p/evolution-of…

The @kamala_wins47 account has changed the title of their T-shirt store to "Act Blue", which has the result of making their X posts deceptively similar to links to the popular donation platform ActBlue.

Before:
After: web.archive.org/web/2024052902…
archive.is/N3jp9

This account has now been suspended.