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26 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
It's Tuesday in May, and a blue-check verified Twitter account by the name of @JobySanchez (permanent ID 790029565) is on the market for the exciting and dynamic price of $2000.

cc: @ZellaQuixote
The @JobySanchez account appears to have originally belonged to MMA fighter Joby Sanchez. Back in May 2020, it had far more tweets and fewer followers than it does now. The old tweets appear to have been purged - searches return nothing prior to April 18th, 2021.
About half of @JobySanchez's 4463 followers followed it recently (5/1/2021 or later), and we found an interesting difference (that we can't as of yet explain) between its old and new followers: @JobySanchez follows almost all of its recent followers but very few of the old ones.
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