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Nicki Minaj’s social media propped up by thousands of bots, analysis finds
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Redditsux lemmy.world Redditsux@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-07
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IntrovertTurtle lemmy.zip IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-12-04
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I for one, am shocked. Shocked I say. /s

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deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
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It'd be news-worthy if it wasn't bots.

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WhatSaid lem.ugh.im WhatSaid@lem.ugh.im
Joined: 2026-02-14
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She's gotta perform for her main demographic: not people.

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cranakis reddthat.com cranakis@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-12-22
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Who? Is that the new token black woman at TPUSA? Candace Owen was busy?

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foggy lemmy.world foggy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
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Russia, if you're listening...

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Drusas fedia.io Drusas@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-16
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Who? Is that the new token black woman at TPUSA? Candace Owen was busy?

New, "hipper" token black woman.

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Tikiporch lemmy.world Tikiporch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
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Aren't most famous accounts bot supported?

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TrickDacy lemmy.world TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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Aren't most famous accounts bot supported?

Why do you say that? The idea of fame is that you don't need to pretend to be famous. So I wouldn't think this is common.

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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-09-26
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Isn't that most of her career? Her music sucked before she hopped on the GOP bandwagon. Her fame has always felt incredibly manufactured.

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Grandwolf319 sh.itjust.works Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-24
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I really hope this means that social medial follower count loses credibility and is no longer a measure of anything.

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Tikiporch lemmy.world Tikiporch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
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Why do you say that? The idea of fame is that you don't need to pretend to be famous. So I wouldn't think this is common.

Mostly based on the premise that the majority of X is comprised of bots.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
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Why do you say that? The idea of fame is that you don't need to pretend to be famous. So I wouldn't think this is common.

Well, it would be rather humiliating for those with rather fragile egos and being pushed by Hollywood or the music industry or RW influencers that they are "famous" and then have shit for numbers.

I'm pretty sure it's fairly easy to hire out botnets or things like Mechanical Turk to give you fake traffic/followers, etc...I would not be surprised at all to find that most celebrities have someone doing some kind of a SEO stuff for their "brand".

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ryannathans aussie.zone ryannathans@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-09-20
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Why do you say that? The idea of fame is that you don't need to pretend to be famous. So I wouldn't think this is common.

Label companies have to keep their investments relevant

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