19 ડિસેમ્બર, 2014

"On Thursday, we noticed about 1.3 million of Kim Kardashian’s vanished. Rihanna’s decreased by about 1.2 million."

"Katy Perry’s went down 300,000. Even Oprah lost 100,000."

What did they lose?

Instagram followers. Instagram purged fake accounts — which the celebrities apparently purchased to look more followed.  It's like buying votes, except that it doesn't really matter, other than that it makes these people look a little pathetic when we see what they were up to. Only a little though.

34 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

Next thing we are going to hear is that Kim Kardashian's body is not real.

Nonapod કહ્યું...

I've read that something like 46% of all Twitter followers are bots, most of which are bought and paid for by the account holders themselves.

ddh કહ્યું...

Rotten boroughs.

john કહ્યું...

john is such a common name that few notice when certain comment threads become populated with seemingly automated responses.

john કહ્યું...

john is such a common name that few notice when certain comment threads become populated with seemingly automated responses.

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

There are nevertheless 26+million followers of Kim Kardashian. To which I say: Why?

I have 50some followers.

Balfegor કહ્યું...

There are nevertheless 26+million followers of Kim Kardashian

Seems like a waste of money to buy bot followers if that's the case . . . Is there a reason bots might be set up to follow popular twitter-ers (what are they called?) as well as the paying customer? Does Twitter have an Amazon-like algorithm that says "people who follow [X] also follow [Y]" and presents the recommendation?

Kevin કહ્યું...

It's Potemkin Kardashians all the way down!

Moose કહ્યું...

"...you'll be amazed!"

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Virtual Potemkin Villages?

It almost seems like a redundant term.

pm317 કહ્યું...

followers

Jaq કહ્યું...

Does Twitter have an Amazon-like algorithm that says "people who follow [X] also follow [Y]" and presents the recommendation?

Yes.

rehajm કહ્યું...

There are nevertheless 26+million followers of Kim Kardashian. To which I say: Why?

I'm not sure why, though I hope we can stop calling her talentless. her talent is she gets people to look, and there is great value in her talent.

madAsHell કહ્યું...

stop calling her talentless

I disagree. She has a tremendous publicity machine, and she targets the 14-49 year old female demographic.

The Godfather કહ્યું...

A nice ass is not a talent? I didn't know.

JackOfClubs કહ્યું...

Balfegor said...
[...] twitter-ers (what are they called?) 12/19/14, 3:11 PM


I believe they are called twits.

David કહ્યું...

It's a trick question.

Turns out they lost nothing.

chillblaine કહ્યું...

Althouse has 5008 twitter followers. Even David Burge follows her. Well, I make that 5009.

I'm not up on instagram. That's like a telegram, right?

Michelle Dulak Thomson કહ્યું...

I'd consider following Kim Kashkashian on Twitter. Kim Kardashian, um, no.

(Kashkashian, for those not in the know, is a violist. A very, very good violist.)

Curious George કહ્યું...

"MadisonMan said...
There are nevertheless 26+million followers of Kim Kardashian. To which I say: Why?

I have 50some followers."

To which I say: Why?

Unknown કહ્યું...

Hopefully, this will not make Kardashian the butt of jokes.

Jaq કહ્યું...

And in tangentially related news Kim Jong-Un's twitter feed is a hoot.

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

To which I say: Why?

Because ~50 people -- mostly relatives/neighbors -- care to know what I'm thinking.

Twitter is great to follow high school sport teams, most of which have a twitter feed, usually churned out by parents. Such a news source is much better and more complete than the local paper -- even though all the Sports Writers are also following the twitter feeds.

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

And in tangentially related news Kim Jong-Un's twitter feed is a hoot.

What a strange collection of feeds he follows!

Greta Van Susteren.
KFC.
Piers Morgan
Rep. Steve Smith.
Yao Ming.
FIFA.
Patrick Stewart.
Buzz Aldrin.
MC Hammer.

Jaq કહ્યું...

OK, it's a fake, but I found out that North Korea, like the Soviet Union and China are "pseudo-socialist" because, I guess, the "real thing" has never been tried!

Paul કહ્યું...

It's all fake folks.

Just like Obama's followers.

GRUBERS ALL!

Browndog કહ્યું...

Somebody noticed Katy Perry, but didn't notice Susan Douglas, from her alma mater.

vanishing...

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
ForestGirl કહ્યું...

"Celebritneys"? Are those people who are famous but shouldn't be, like Britney Spears?

JAORE કહ્યું...

Getting paid based on the number of followers. Paying for fake followers. Ain't that fraud? Not that the lives of these folks is not fraught with fraud. Between plastic surgery, air brushing photos and machines to assure your singing is on key, reality left the building with Elvis.

AlanKH કહ્યું...

I blame North Korea.

tim maguire કહ્યું...

How many did OFA lose?

Charlie Martin કહ્યું...

Actually, it matters very much. In real life I'm CTO of a social media company. The number of followers you have, along with the number of followers they have, is called your "reach", and very much like Neilsen ratings, the desirability of a particular individual is dependent on your reach.

A whole bunch of people just lost serious money.

Unknown કહ્યું...

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