We took a look at the follower of popular right-wing Twitter account @ColumbiaBugle. The vast majority of its followers look like run-of-the-mill #MAGA accounts, but we found an interesting group of batch-created accounts lurking among its earliest followers.
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We searched the followers of the other accounts followed by @ColumbiaBugle's early batch-created followers to see if we could find more, but came up empty handed. Interestingly, @ColumbiaBugle is the *only* account followed by all 154 accounts.
The accounts in this fake follower network were created in batches in late 2015 and early 2016. None have tweeted or liked a tweet. Several have names that are takeoffs on 2016 GOP presidential candidates (@MRubioooooo, @TedCruzzinn, @cruzin_teddy). All have default profile pics.
Who do these accounts follow? As we previously mentioned, @ColumbiaBugle is the only account followed by the entire network. The remainder of the accounts followed are a mix of major accounts with tons of followers and San Diego news accounts.
One more thing: @ColumbiaBugle is the most recent account followed by every one of the accounts in this network (and 7 ONLY follow @ColumbiaBugle). It's quite possible these accounts were created solely to boost @ColumbiaBugle's follower count in the early days of its existence.
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