Thread by @conspirator0

Back in May we posted this thread about @akkitwts, a hypothetical #resistance account that would be better described as a tweet plagiarist. At that time, it had 19K followers and followed 13K, at least some of which was accomplished via #FBR.

cc: @ZellaQuixote

https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1125559284090187777

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote The situation has evolved. @akkitwts has managed to farm over 50K followers, and as recently as Sept 8th was following 17K back. Sometime prior to Sept 23rd, @akkitwts unfollowed every account except for @akkifollow, likely a sock. So much for #FBR.

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote @AkkiFollow Not long after that, @akkitwts followed a second account: @eliterenno. Even given that this account has 100K followers, some of its tweets have gone insanely viral.

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote @AkkiFollow @eliterenno Much like @akkitwts (and tweetdeckers), many of @eliterenno's viral tweets are plagiarized. In this case, the text of the tweet was copied from another account's recent tweet and combined with a purloined image of a cat.

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote @AkkiFollow @eliterenno The metamorphosis of @akkitwts continues today (September 24th.) The graphics have now been replaced and @akkitwts has begun to follow other accounts, the fourth of which is Donald Trump. Any mention of the resistance has been expunged from its bio.

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote @AkkiFollow @eliterenno We would not be surprised to see @akkitwts transform further over the coming days, and possibly even change names. In anticipation of that outcome, its permanent account ID is 1108020329643823109, which can be used to find it again if (when?) the name changes.

@akkitwts @ZellaQuixote @AkkiFollow @eliterenno One more observation: it would appear that @akkitwts' decision to follow 17000+ accounts in an effort to cultivate a following of its own and then unfollowing them all in bulk is in fact a violation of Twitter TOS.
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