The influencers with millions of followers who don't actually exist

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6. There's discount versions of this that try to follow me on Bluesky

Their profile pics are of youthful, ambiguously Asian women with a book covering their face or their back turned to the camera, playing golf. They re-post a few lefty accounts and then post one photo of a fancy hotel lobby or bundle of shopping bags from a high-end store.

The most bot-followers I get though are of the silver fox variety: Older, tanned white men who are almost always on a boat. Those accounts aren't usually political and are, instead, dog lovers, who profess kindness & platitudes. When I look at who they're following, it's always a string of female-presenting accounts.

A really good person to follow is Conspirador Norteño, who keeps track of bot networks and other inauthentic social media behavior. His website is here: https://www.conspirator0.com/