Wow, distinguished company. Look at some of the people a newborn, faceless account followed overnight.
The account was created yesterday. No posts, no likes, no avatar, and an eight-digit number after the name.
It seems to follow a mixture of analysts of Russian government propaganda and, well, Russian government propaganda.
Too early to judge its purpose, but I've seen many bots start out this way.
This account was created two days earlier. Again, no avatar, no likes, an eight-digit number after the name, no posts... and six listed followers.
How does an account which doesn't post get followers? Well, look at the followers.
These two look like commercial bots. Similar avatars, similar bios, and they post a mixture of commercial content and model photos taken from Instagram.
This one, "Stella Jenkin," is even more so. It retweets in multiple languages, which bots often do. (Odd to find an NRA tweet in the mix.)
What's weird is that, less than an hour ago, this account had a different name and avatar picture. Compare "Stella Jenkin" with "Crystal Carter", archived at 18:45 UTC. Same handle, same link, same creation date.
Why change the profile pic? It may have something to do with these other accounts. Compare them with "Crystal Carter." #BotSpot.
In fact, it looks like quite a few accounts use the same profile pic. Some of these are already suspended. Others are still posting.
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