The Twitter Underground Economy: A Blooming Business | The Barracuda Labs Internet Security Blog

A study on Dealers, Abusers and fake Twitter Accounts by Jason Ding, Research Scientist Many people dream of becoming popular or famous, and Twitter provides an outlet to make this possible. Most Twitter users try the standard way to get popular and gain followers: constantly tweet funny quotes or comments, discuss breaking events, or disclose information that many people want (like Guy Adams did).

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