My Authors
Read all threads
Every day's a great day for hashtag hijacking pornbots! We found 140 tweeting this particular tweet; can we find more by searching for duplicates of their other tweets? #WednesdayWisdom

cc: @ZellaQuixote
Answer: yes indeed. By searching for duplicates of the tweets tweeted by our original set, we were able to find a total of 2293 pornbots that appear to be part of the network. All were created March 10th or later and tweet 24/7 exclusively via "Twitter Web Client".
This botnet has rapidly kicked into high gear, exceeding 100 tweets per hour in its initial barrage on March 10th, and peaking at nearly 500 tweets per hour earlier today.
What do these pornbots actually tweet? Each tweet is composed of one of a set of repeated phrases, two or more hashtags, and a photo (pinned tweets link a porn site.) Most hashtags used are cities, but other things are peppered in here and there (#coronavirus, #qanon, etc.)
H/T @Cantide1 for the lead.
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with Conspirador Norteño

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!