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Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join - they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all. A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?"

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    Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join - they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all. A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?

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This is the tweet of a 15 year old girl. Our leaders were attacked. The Saudis dismembered. An American resident. Putin said we’re no longer a Super Power. We’re pulling out of the Nuke Treaty, Stock market is tanking. Sorry Twitter deleted your Russian bot followers. Dick

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    Hahaha, Twitter removing fake bots and trolls. Fear not, they will set up new accounts from some basement in Eastern Europe. #MAGABomber [twitter.com] #TrumpRussia [twitter.com] #TrumpIsGRU [twitter.com] #RussianCollaborators [twitter.com] #treasonousbastards [twitter.com] #GOPbastards [twitter.com] #MARINESagainstTrump [twitter.com] #VeteransAgainstTrump [twitter.com] #VetsResistSquadron [twitter.com]pic.twitter.com/7xvPRk9kTz [t.co]

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  2. Wtfdoicare #Mueller Will #MAGA‏ @wtfdoicare33 [twitter.com]
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    Lmao Trump Biggest Loser in History ! #VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare [twitter.com]pic.twitter.com/S73oLi2iCQ [t.co]

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  1. keith hall‏ @kfhall0852 [twitter.com]
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    yep, it's a real bitch when Twitter puts controls in place to reduce/eliminate the Bot population...in your case that is approximately 50% of your followers. Bias??? Don't think so.... i lost 5,000 followers in past 4 weeks...mostly Trump bots that constantly trolled me.

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    How many Twitter followers you have is definitely more important than reaching out to your predecessor after he had a functioning bomb mailed to him. It's refreshing to see your priorities are in order. Keep up the great work!

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    I think you have more to worry about than your Twitter followers.

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    It's not about losing g followers, it's about Twitter meddling in an election, silencing conservative voices. Try to keep up. K?

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    We found the blimp! The stickers are amazing! Thanks!https://www.amazon.com/Treason-Stickers-Trump-Blimp/dp/B07HJGSNJ7/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540573914&sr=8-2&keywords=trump+blimp+sticker … [t.co]

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    Good grief, don't you have anything better to do? It's the never-ending nightmare of the #Apprentice [twitter.com] presidency. #MAGABomber [twitter.com]

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    I am ashamed of the President of the United States of America

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Trump complains about Twitter removing his followers [phys.org]

US President Donald Trump complained Friday that Twitter is removing some of his followers and has made it harder to join, an apparent critique of the social network's efforts to weed out fake and abusive accounts.

Trump, who has some 55 million Twitter followers, revived his argument about "bias" by internet firms in a morning tweet that suggested growth in his network was slowing.

"Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join—they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all," he wrote.

"A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?"

Trump's remarks appeared aimed at Twitter's efforts to weed out fake and "spam" accounts to improve the health and safety of the platform.

For months, Twitter has sought to eliminate automated and bogus accounts designed to manipulate the public conversation on Twitter, in response to concerns over Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Twitter said this week the number of active users fell by nine million in the past quarter as a result of these efforts.

Asked about the president's comments, a Twitter spokesman said: "Our focus is on the health of the service, and that includes work to remove fake accounts to prevent malicious behavior.

"Many prominent accounts have seen follower counts drop, but the result is higher confidence that the followers they have are real, engaged people."

According to the social media monitoring website TwitterCounter, Trump has not lost any followers in the past month but the rate of growth of followers appears to have slowed.

He went from 54.7 million followers on September 26 to some 55.3 million Friday, with little or no change over the past week.

The topic of fake followers has long been controversial on social media, and one research group said this month that more than 60 percent of Trump's followers were "bots, spam, inactive or propaganda."

The report by SparkToro said the @realdonaldtrump account "has significantly higher numbers (of fake or suspect followers) than any other American politician we could find."

SparkToro said in analyzing Trump's account, 72 percent of followers had been inactive for at least 120 days, 36 percent use Twitter's default profile image and 92 percent don't link to a website in their profile or use one with spam patterns.

Trump has previously accused internet firms of bias or suppressing conservative voices, despite little evidence to back up the claim.

Explore further: Twitter sweeps 'locked' accounts from follower tally [phys.org]

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