Maddow supporters caught using fake Twitter accounts to boost her show. “This is done to get her show “trending” on Twitter. The Twitter software deems a hashtag, like #maddow, “trending” if it gets a certain number of mentions in a period of time.” It’s not astro-turf, we’re sure all the members of the wildly popular Coffee Party love her show. And they all use the same words to say so:
Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football.—
Ayesha Moosa (@sexyayeshamoosa) February 23, 2013
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After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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