१९ डिसेंबर, २०१४

"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.

३४ टिप्पण्या:

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

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

Nonapod म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Rotten boroughs.

john म्हणाले...

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

john म्हणाले...

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

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

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

I have 50some followers.

Balfegor म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

It's Potemkin Kardashians all the way down!

Moose म्हणाले...

"...you'll be amazed!"

अनामित म्हणाले...

Virtual Potemkin Villages?

It almost seems like a redundant term.

pm317 म्हणाले...

followers

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

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

Yes.

rehajm म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

stop calling her talentless

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

The Godfather म्हणाले...

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

JackOfClubs म्हणाले...

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


I believe they are called twits.

David म्हणाले...

It's a trick question.

Turns out they lost nothing.

chillblaine म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

"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 म्हणाले...

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

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

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

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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.

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

It's all fake folks.

Just like Obama's followers.

GRUBERS ALL!

Browndog म्हणाले...

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

vanishing...

अनामित म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
ForestGirl म्हणाले...

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

JAORE म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

I blame North Korea.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

How many did OFA lose?

Charlie Martin म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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