Interesting traffic in Mexico on #PueblaEligióPAN right now.
6k posts in a couple of hours, with a fast takeoff.
6k posts in a couple of hours, with a fast takeoff.
This is seriously dodgy. 6k posts from just 381 users, or an average of 16 posts each.
That's about 8 times what you'd expect from organic traffic.
That's about 8 times what you'd expect from organic traffic.
How do you get averages like this?
Using accounts like this. One month old, dozens of tweets in an hour, all on the hashtag.
Using accounts like this. One month old, dozens of tweets in an hour, all on the hashtag.
Or like this. Per @sysomos, it posted the hashtag 125 times in two hours.
Most of the tweets look authored. That can be done with a human team, or a pre-planned tweet sheet.
Either way, someone's trying to game the trending algorithm here.
For other examples, see medium.com/dfrlab/electio…
Either way, someone's trying to game the trending algorithm here.
For other examples, see medium.com/dfrlab/electio…
