So yesterday's front page had this diary: Most of Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers are fake with a hilarious sockpuppet picture.
Now today is this:
Update: Only 92% of Newt Gingrich’s Twitter Followers Are Fake
which has a link to this excellent article:
Follower Gate: PeekYou Analysis Supports ex-Gingrich Staffer Claims of Twitter Follower Fraud,
(tho I personally don't think "follower-gate" is catchy enough to catch on).
Turns out this PeekYou outfit is "compiling a ‘Followers Report’ on all of the GOP 2012 candidates" which could be good for a laugh, although it hints that Newt is by far the champ in this regard.
It also mentions this:
The PeekAnalytics Team was able to successfully purchase Twitter followers from an eBay account for a relatively small sum of money. Further, a simple search of “Buy Twitter Followers” on Google illustrates the large number of Twitter follower purchasing services.
Who knew you could buy this "service" right off eBay? And cheaply?
You learn something everyday...
update:
Wow.
I just searched on eBay for "twitter followers" got 188 results!
And just on the first screen alone:
10 000 Twitter Followers /Guaranteed targeted followers
It's only $109.99 Buy It Now with free shipping!
I wonder if that's a good deal?
or
550/day! REAL YOUTUBE VIEWS + TWITTER FOLLOWERS - easy!
And with Free Shipping. And there's only one bid for only $0.79, and it closes in 2 hours. Hmmm, I wonder...