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Mar 3 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Come for the fake video, stay for the fake followers. It turns out that @ThePatriotOasis, an account that went viral earlier this week with a Biden deepfake video, recently gained approximately 8000 batch-created followers with zero tweets and zero likes.

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The fake followers following @ThePatriotOasis are from a massive and very familiar fake follower network. Here are a couple of threads on it:

The account currently named @ThePatriotOasis (ID 1392538357251469312) has been renamed at least twice: previous names include @/CodyGrantham12 () and @/TheTennesseeGuy (). Early tweets are about cryptocurrency rather than politics. ImageImageImage
Even @ThePatriotOasis's real followers were not gained in an entirely authentic manner. Many of the largest spikes in the account's growth appear to be the result of spammy "I want to follow you!" and "Drop your handle below!" follower gain tweets. Image
It's Saturday morning, and @ThePatriotOasis has gained a new batch of roughly 600 additional fake followers. Image
The fake follower parade marches on: ~1600 new batch-created followers with 0 tweets and 0 likes for @ThePatriotOasis so far today. Image
Quite a Saturday for @ThePatriotOasis: no tweets as of yet, but over 5000 additional fake followers gained. #KeepOnAstroturfin Image

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(Tip: spammy Twitter accounts can't actually help you get your money back.)

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