Why am I being followed by a political opponent in Twitter?
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty{ margin-bottom:0;
}
Why would an influential political figure follow me in Twitter, when I'm a nobody, and all I've done to date is opposed his party's philosophy? He follows some 100k people, with a similar number of followers.
I'm almost certain it's to benefit his party, his politics, and his own interests, rather than mine! But what is this actually achieving for him?
Surely he'd be better off following people of an aligned ideology! Otherwise he'd have 100k people filling his feeds with hate. (Actually, he probably does)
Edit: Thank you for the answer. I suspect it's a bit more than just getting any followers - at the least, because following people of opposing view won't do that as often as following people with aligned views. I'd need to do more examination or need more data to enable other possible answers.
If someone provides a better answer, I will select it.
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
add a comment |
Why would an influential political figure follow me in Twitter, when I'm a nobody, and all I've done to date is opposed his party's philosophy? He follows some 100k people, with a similar number of followers.
I'm almost certain it's to benefit his party, his politics, and his own interests, rather than mine! But what is this actually achieving for him?
Surely he'd be better off following people of an aligned ideology! Otherwise he'd have 100k people filling his feeds with hate. (Actually, he probably does)
Edit: Thank you for the answer. I suspect it's a bit more than just getting any followers - at the least, because following people of opposing view won't do that as often as following people with aligned views. I'd need to do more examination or need more data to enable other possible answers.
If someone provides a better answer, I will select it.
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
add a comment |
Why would an influential political figure follow me in Twitter, when I'm a nobody, and all I've done to date is opposed his party's philosophy? He follows some 100k people, with a similar number of followers.
I'm almost certain it's to benefit his party, his politics, and his own interests, rather than mine! But what is this actually achieving for him?
Surely he'd be better off following people of an aligned ideology! Otherwise he'd have 100k people filling his feeds with hate. (Actually, he probably does)
Edit: Thank you for the answer. I suspect it's a bit more than just getting any followers - at the least, because following people of opposing view won't do that as often as following people with aligned views. I'd need to do more examination or need more data to enable other possible answers.
If someone provides a better answer, I will select it.
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
Why would an influential political figure follow me in Twitter, when I'm a nobody, and all I've done to date is opposed his party's philosophy? He follows some 100k people, with a similar number of followers.
I'm almost certain it's to benefit his party, his politics, and his own interests, rather than mine! But what is this actually achieving for him?
Surely he'd be better off following people of an aligned ideology! Otherwise he'd have 100k people filling his feeds with hate. (Actually, he probably does)
Edit: Thank you for the answer. I suspect it's a bit more than just getting any followers - at the least, because following people of opposing view won't do that as often as following people with aligned views. I'd need to do more examination or need more data to enable other possible answers.
If someone provides a better answer, I will select it.
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
edited 4 hours ago
CL22
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
asked 2 days ago
CL22CL22
234211
234211
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
He (read: his account) might be following you with the hope that you'll follow him back. I doubt he or his social media team have actually checked what Tweets you have posted, liked or retweeted; rather, they are using a script to see which Twitter accounts have interacted with his account in the past, and just follow them all.
Following somebody doesn't cost anything, other than potentially clutter your timeline (but I doubt he's reading the entire timeline) and being somewhat vulnerable to hate mail via direct messages (which is easily reported/blocked). His real goal is probably to get as many followers as possible, and this is just one of the means.
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "34"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fwebapps.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f127191%2fwhy-am-i-being-followed-by-a-political-opponent-in-twitter%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
He (read: his account) might be following you with the hope that you'll follow him back. I doubt he or his social media team have actually checked what Tweets you have posted, liked or retweeted; rather, they are using a script to see which Twitter accounts have interacted with his account in the past, and just follow them all.
Following somebody doesn't cost anything, other than potentially clutter your timeline (but I doubt he's reading the entire timeline) and being somewhat vulnerable to hate mail via direct messages (which is easily reported/blocked). His real goal is probably to get as many followers as possible, and this is just one of the means.
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
add a comment |
He (read: his account) might be following you with the hope that you'll follow him back. I doubt he or his social media team have actually checked what Tweets you have posted, liked or retweeted; rather, they are using a script to see which Twitter accounts have interacted with his account in the past, and just follow them all.
Following somebody doesn't cost anything, other than potentially clutter your timeline (but I doubt he's reading the entire timeline) and being somewhat vulnerable to hate mail via direct messages (which is easily reported/blocked). His real goal is probably to get as many followers as possible, and this is just one of the means.
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
add a comment |
He (read: his account) might be following you with the hope that you'll follow him back. I doubt he or his social media team have actually checked what Tweets you have posted, liked or retweeted; rather, they are using a script to see which Twitter accounts have interacted with his account in the past, and just follow them all.
Following somebody doesn't cost anything, other than potentially clutter your timeline (but I doubt he's reading the entire timeline) and being somewhat vulnerable to hate mail via direct messages (which is easily reported/blocked). His real goal is probably to get as many followers as possible, and this is just one of the means.
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
He (read: his account) might be following you with the hope that you'll follow him back. I doubt he or his social media team have actually checked what Tweets you have posted, liked or retweeted; rather, they are using a script to see which Twitter accounts have interacted with his account in the past, and just follow them all.
Following somebody doesn't cost anything, other than potentially clutter your timeline (but I doubt he's reading the entire timeline) and being somewhat vulnerable to hate mail via direct messages (which is easily reported/blocked). His real goal is probably to get as many followers as possible, and this is just one of the means.
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
answered 2 days ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
4481713
4481713
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
add a comment |
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
1
1
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
He is probably not ready anyones timeline, he has a team to do that.
– Mark
2 days ago
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Web Applications Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fwebapps.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f127191%2fwhy-am-i-being-followed-by-a-political-opponent-in-twitter%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
