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   first, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 2:01am

   
   

   yay furst!

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 2:09am

   
   

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   Sorry, Mike beat you to it.

    

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   techflaws (profile), Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 2:12am

   
   

   I'm just marveling that such a topic even warrants such scrutiny
   
   Or that it warrants mentioning here.

    

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   Capitalist Lion Tamer (profile), Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 3:38am

   
   

   Brain thing

   a person who pays money for the sake of increasing the number of followers has a weak and disturbed personality
   
   I must spend too much time immersed in tech-y stuff. I read that sentence the first time as:
   
   a person who pays money for the sake of increasing the number of followers has a weak and distributed personality

    

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   Ninja (profile), Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 3:44am

   
   

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   It's tech. And it's amusing. Who cares if some1 bought followers? Apparently Allah does.

    

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   Ninja (profile), Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 3:46am

   
   

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   Crowdsourced personality?

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 4:11am

   
   

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   A kickstarter for your soul!

    

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   abc gum, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 4:53am

   
   

   idk, call me crazy - but one would think there are more important things for a cleric to be pontificating about.

    

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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 5:49am

   
   

   "...suggested that such practices go beyond even ethical questions" from above in conjunction with:
   
   http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/statistical-probability-that-mitt-rom neys-new-twitter-followers-are-just-normal-users-0/260539/
   
   I like where this is going.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 6:27am

    
    

    I love how Howie Mandel promotes his Twitter so hardcore on AGT. I bet he would suck dick to gain followers lmao and I'd stake my life on the bet that 85% plus are paid followers.

     

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    Fickelbra (profile), Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 6:36am

    
    

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    Yeah, why mention this here?
    
    (Tech)nology - the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function
    
    Dirt - Slang gossip; scandalous information
    
    Twitter - an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".
    
    Nope, don't see how the material above fits on this website at all. /s

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 7:31am

    
    

    "it is a sign of the pervasiveness of Twitter these days."
    
    This is a very poor conclusion. I feel Techdirt has missed an important point: to a psychologist, every element of behavior is significant. There is no "It's just Twitter". Often in psychology it's the little things in human behavior that tell the most.
    Sorry, I know it's hard for someone who isn't educated in psychology to fully understand this and it's also hard for me to explain it to such a person.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 22nd, 2012 @ 2:06pm

    
    

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    *Whoosh*
    I believe they were referring to the fact that a religious figure felt the need to comment on the topic of Twitter follower purchasing. They weren't implying that Twitter brings this behaviour out in people.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 24th, 2012 @ 8:19am

    
    

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    Not at all. Paying for Twitter followers is a case of dishonesty to gain attention, which is in turn a case of black lying to the public. It is a fine thing that a cleric should be successfully making this connection and directing the attention of the public to the moral problems.
    
    Many clerics struggle with successfully identifying moral problems. It is a very fine thing that this cleric has done such a good job.

     

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 11th, 2012 @ 4:34pm

    
    

    "it is a sign of the pervasiveness of Twitter these days."
    
    lol, no it isnt, people have been buying followers since man created religion

     

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    Bbros, Dec 5th, 2012 @ 2:24am

    
    

    DONT BUY FAKE TWITTER FOLLOWERS - You can get REAL & TARGETED Twitter Followers that are actually REAL people at http://twitterbomb.co.uk

     

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    sussie, Feb 17th, 2013 @ 1:39pm

    
    

    Re: Brain thing

    For starters its good to have a good number of social followers. it increases credibility at the same time it also adds a good confidence for your website. it will definitely help as a short term goal, and you have an ample time to build your real followers as well. You can buy Twitter followers cheap here - http://socialmediacombo.com .. It was referred to us by colleague and we've been using this company's services since last year..

     

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