Musk's first big change in Twitter: Trump Jr. increased his fans by nearly 100,000 a day, Obama and others dropped a lot of fans...
The day after Musk joined Twitter, Twitter ushered in the first big change, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr and other fans soared, increasing by 100,000 in one day, suspected of being deliberately depressed fans.
Conversely, former President Barack Obama and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and others have dropped a lot of powder, and many suspected zombie powders have been erased.
At present, although Musk has determined that the transaction is successful, but it has not officially taken over the operation of Twitter, some people question that this is Twitter's attempt to delete the evidence of deliberately manipulating public opinion before Musk officially takes over.
Trump Jr. has 7.7 million followers on Twitter, but suddenly added 87,000 followers on Tuesday. He tweeted: "While I'm awesome and have added 87,000 followers in one day, it seems like someone untied my account and wondered if they burned the evidence before the new management took office." ”
According to SocialBlade, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' Twitter account also added 141,566 followers on Tuesday, up from more than 5,000 per day before, and Tuesday's increase in fan base is a huge jump compared to before.
DeSantis has previously praised Musk's acquisition of Twitter, saying it was a good deal for shareholders, adding that it boosted the prospect that the platform would become a thriving tool for free speech rather than a tool to execute the narrative.
Separately, Dana Loesch, a conservative talk show host who has long complained about her accounts being throttled, surged 9,000 people on Tuesday.
In addition, the number of followers of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia increased by 41,181, while the number of Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida increased by 24,929. Fox News host Tucker Carlson added nearly 130,000 followers.
Zombie powder? Liberals drop a lot of powder
Conversely, looking at the accounts of liberals, there is a large number of fans lost, and the New York congressman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known as the so-called progressive, has 12.9 million followers, and has been followed by about 1,000 fans every day, known as the most prominent so-called progressive voice. But on Tuesday, instead of increasing, it suddenly reduced its 20,000 followers.
Then there's Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who, along with AOC, is known as a member of the progressive "squad," and her fans have suddenly shrunk by 10,000.
Also losing fans on the same day was former President Barack Obama, who had 130 million followers, though he rarely interacted with fans and had low retweet and comment data. On Tuesday, he lost 5,063 followers, although this number is only a drop in the ocean in front of the total of 130 million, but he has added 15,000 to 20,000 new fans every day, and Tuesday not only did not increase but lost 5,063 fans, the contrast is very strong.
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Twitter is removing evidence of throttling
Twitter's practice of "no silver three hundred and two here" has aroused many questions, netizens questioned Twitter's previous deliberate suppression of conservative voices and restrictions on them, while injecting a large amount of zombie powder into liberals, making them seem to represent the vast majority of public opinion.
Twitter argued in a statement that this was random because Musk supported a hardline stance on free speech, with liberals pulling out of Twitter while conservatives joined, "While we continue to clean up zombie fans, which may affect the number of followers, these fluctuations are largely the result of new account creation and deactivation." Twitter said in a statement.
But that doesn't explain why the biggest increase in fans is highly followed by conservatives, and the increase is far greater than usual.
In other words: "It's not scientific." ”
This phenomenon has caused a heated discussion among the majority of netizens, and many netizens have reported the accounts of zombie fans to Musk on Twitter.
Netizen "Dave Rubin" reported to Musk: Just dig deeper and check the media like The New York Times and Forbes to see how they buy fans to fake influence. The New York Times, for example, has 53 million followers, but their tweets rarely have 50 retweets.
Musk replied: Yes, I noticed it too, which is strange.
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