Some Pro-Trump Twitter Accounts Appear To Be Part Of Marketing Campaign

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In the interest of fairness (for the usual whiners), I am certain Cruz is doing pretty much the same thing, but it is interesting when someone digs into how this stuff works:

Some of Donald Trump’s support on Twitter comes from accounts with zero followers who tweet identical messages and who have been part of social media marketing campaigns in the past.

Patrick Ruffini, a conservative activist and anti-Trump supporter, noticed that several hundred accounts have used word-for-word language to urge voters to opt out of Ted Cruz robocalls or emails and file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission.


Some of the accounts also send advertisements for all manner of web-based entities designed to show up in trending topics and search results for various topics.
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A lot more here:
http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/08/s...unts-appear-to-be-part-of-marketing-campaign/