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Shiba Inu had the greatest number of fake followers at 10.26% or 80,000 accounts, while Avalanche and Polygon followed suit with 8.14% and 7.58% of fake accounts, respectively. 2914 Total views 3 Total shares Despite changes introduced by Twitter management since Elon Musk’s takeover, the issue around fake followers remains a persistent problem. As many as 10% of the followers of accounts belonging to crypto influencers and companies are fake, new data from dappGambl has revealed.In April 2023, Musk introduced Twitter Blue — an $8 monthly subscription for verification — to increase the platform’s revenue while making it financially inviable for bots and fake accounts to operate. However, months later, dappGambl’s investigation found that up to 10% of followers from the most followed crypto accounts are fake. Crypto accounts with the most fake followers. Source: DappGamblWhen it comes to the official accounts of cryptocurrency tokens and ecosystems, Shiba Inu (SHIB) had the highest number of fake followers at 10.26% or 80,000 accounts, while Avalanche (AVAX) ranked second with 8.14% fake followers, followed by Polygon (MATIC) with 7.58% or 73,000 fake accounts. DappGambl suspected that the relationship between Twitter accounts and their fake followers is dependent on the popularity of the tokens.

An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep and seemingly inexorable decline for, well, years, but especially since Elon Musk bought the company last fall and made a mess of the place. Reddit has spent the last couple of months self-immolating in similar ways, alienating its developers and users and hoping it can survive by sticking its head in the sand until the battle’s over. (I thought for a while that Reddit would eventually be the last good place left, but… nope.) TikTok remains ascendent — and looks ever more likely to be banned in some meaningful way. Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform; nobody’s on Facebook anymore.You could argue, I suppose, that this is just the natural end of a specific part of the internet. We spent the last two decades answering a question — what would happen if you put everyone on the planet into a room and let them all talk to each other? — and now we’re moving onto the next one. It might be better this way. But the way it has all changed, and the speed with which it

Twitter users ran into service issues on Saturday after owner Elon Musk imposed limits on how many tweets can be read per day. Tech mogul and Twitter owner Elon Musk has imposed temporary limits on the number of posts users can read in a day - restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site.According to a tweet on the billionaire's own Twitter account, verified users will be able to view 10,000 tweets per day, while unverified profiles will only be allowed to see 1,000. The number decreases further for new unverified accounts that will be able to view just 500.On Saturday, he announced a much lower figure, initially limiting most users to viewing 600 tweets a day before updating the figure twice via tweets on his profile.Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after the announcement. More than 7,500 people at one point reported problems using the social media service based on complaints registered on Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages.Although that's a relatively small number of Twitter's more than 200 million worldwide users, the trouble was widespread enough to cause the #TwitterDown hashtag to trend in some

Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday, July 1, after Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)Several thousand Twitter users have complained about being unable to view tweets, later revealed to be a result of a new temporary policy from platform owner Elon Musk. The number of tweets that each user can see in a day will now be restricted, termed “rate limits”, Musk said in a tweet on Saturday (July 1). “To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: – Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day – Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day – New unverified accounts to 300/day,” Musk tweeted. To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we’ve applied the following temporary limits: – Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day – Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day – New unverified accounts to 300/day — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2023 A few hours later, he tweeted an update, saying, “Rate limits increasing soon to 8000 for

Twitter has been hit Saturday by a global outage that is preventing thousands of users from accessing the social media platform. Many users have complained of seeing the “Cannot retrieve tweets” error message when they try to view or post tweets. Some users have also reported seeing a “Rate limit exceeded error message.” Users have reported receiving the message ‘rate-limit exceeded’ on their “For You” page, a page usually consisting of personal, curated content. Almost 4,000 people have complained of issues on the Down Detector site, including the inability to retrieve tweets, missing timelines and followers disappearing. It is not clear what the cause of the problem is or how long they will last. The company has yet to comment. This is the third time that the platform is facing an outage. On March 6, it was reported that Twitter experienced glitches as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others. Similarly, on February 8, it was reported that many Twitter users found themselves unable to tweet, follow accounts or access their direct messages as the Elon Musk-owned platform experienced a slew of technical problems. One social media user wrote on

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign team shared a Twitter video on Friday – the end of Pride Month – that attacks former President Donald Trump's positions on LGBTQIA+ issues. "To wrap up ‘Pride Month,’ let’s hear from the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate it…" the campaign said. The video was made by another Twitter user and knocked the 2024 GOP challenger over his Pride merchandise, relationship with Caitlyn Jenner and 2016 pledge to "protect our LGBTQ citizens."Conversely, the video touts headlines – alongside video cuts of Christian Bale's "American Psycho" character Patrick Bateman and Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby in the show "Peaky Blinders" – that describe DeSantis taking actions against the transgender and LGBTQIA+ community. MOMS FOR LIBERTY CLOUT KEEPS RISING AS TRUMP, DESANTIS, HALEY, RAMASWAMY, HUTCHINSON ADDRESS GROUP'S SUMMIT Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors national summit at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on June 30, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)It now has more than seven million views on the social media platform with mixed reaction. DeSantis has made anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation a large part of his agenda. The governor signed bills in May that banned

(Image credit: Future) Here we go again. Twitter is once again experiencing stability problems, with the social network apparently struggling to keep its website up today.Downdetector has seen a significant spike in reports of Twitter blackouts today, with 83% of complaints relating to an issue with the website. The downtime is being reported in both the U.S. and the UK, with the home page and log-in screens inaccessible for users.However, the app for Twitter seems relatively stable, with only 10% of complaints relating to that part of the service.(Image credit: Future)Twitter down — a common occurrence We're beginning to lose count of how many times Twitter has fallen over since Elon Musk took over the platform, which has just hired a new CEO to take over the day-to-day duties from its erratic billionaire owner.Musk of late has seemed more interested in squaring up to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, with the two said to be genuinely considering a cage fight. Yep, that's the times we're living in.Whatever happens, there are other options for Twitter users. There's Mastodon, although it can be a little technical for some. Hive social is another Twitter alike, and there's even Donald Trump's own Truth Social, should you

If you currently try to access Twitter without logging in to your user account, you may find you’re unable to see any of the content that was previously available to the wider public. Instead, you’ll likely be met with the Twitter window that asks you to either sign in to the platform or create a new account, effectively blocking you from viewing tweets and user profiles or browsing through threads unless you’re a registered Twitter user.Several members of The Verge team have been able to replicate the issue, and it appears to be affecting web access on both desktop and mobile devices. Prior to this change, Twitter allowed people limited access to the platform without an account — you could view public tweets and user profiles, for example, but couldn’t like or leave comments. A window that prevented readers from viewing additional posts until they signed in also previously appeared after the viewer had scrolled past an undisclosed number of tweets, though that at least allowed some access to the platform. Twitter has yet to address if the update was intentionalNow, regardless of how you try to access the website — be that the homepage or a direct link to

As Bengaluru's IT sector experiences a wave of mass layoffs, it has left several individuals from the sector jobless and in a desperate situation. Many of these professionals have opted for other jobs, for which they are overqualified in a bid to sustain themselves in these difficult times. Despite opting for these jobs, most still struggle to make ends meet in the face of adversity.A Twitter user by the name of Loveneesh Dhir recently shared an interaction he had with one such individual. Dhir recounted an encounter with a software developer who had lost his job at Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL). To make ends meet and potentially find new opportunities in his field, this skilled professional had resorted to working as a Rapido bike driver in Bengaluru. Dhir, touched by the developer's plight, offered to share his CV with anyone interested in helping him secure a job.Taking to Twitter, Loveneesh Dhir shared his experience and tweeted, "My Rapido guy is a JAVA developer recently laid off from HCL driving rapido to get leads for any JAVA developer openings." He further added, "I have his CV. DM if you have any relevant openings."The tweet quickly gained attention and received responses from

Satyaprem Ki Katha audience reactions: Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani-starrer romantic drama film Satyaprem Ki Katha released in theaters on Thursday. Soon after the film released, moviegoers and film critics were quick to share their reactions on the film.   They backed Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani for giving convincing performances as Sattu and Katha respectively. Cinemagoers also backed director Sameer Vidwans for narrating an uncomfortable topic with such flair.  Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh gave the film three-and-a-half star rating and a one-word review of wonderful. Adarsh further wrote: “Well-packaged entertainer with an excellent twist+ captivating second half… Kartik Aaryan fantastic, Kiara Advani top notch… Sameer Vidwans’ direction deserves brownie points… MUST WATCH!”  He added that Satyaprem Ki Katha is a progressive film and the viewers carry home the message. He further says that the only issues with the film are the excessive use of songs in the first half and the length of the film.   Film trade analyst Sumit Kadel tweeted that Satyaprem Ki Katha is the most mature and hard-hitting romantic film to come out of Bollywood in the recent years. Kadel also backed Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani for their performances as Sattu