[kictanet] The Follower Factory - The New York Times

[Mildred Achoch]

Very interesting! This particularly caught my attention. The role of
parents...

According to a recent profile
<https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5030582/aspiring-child-youtubers-callum-ryan-erin-bradley-arabella-daho/>
in
the British tabloid The Sun, two young siblings, Arabella and Jaadin Daho,
earn a combined $100,000 a year as influencers, working with brands such as
Amazon, Disney, Louis Vuitton and Nintendo. Arabella, who is 14, tweets
under the name Amazing Arabella.

But her Twitter account — and her brother’s — are boosted by thousands of
retweets purchased by their mother and manager, Shadia Daho, according to
Devumi records. Ms. Daho did not respond to repeated attempts to reach her
by email and through a public relations firm.

Regards,

Mildred Achoch.

On Monday, January 29, 2018, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> To what extent are those followers on twitter for your favorite socialite,
> politician or celebrity real people or Bots?
>
> Here’s an interesting expose from the New York Times.
>
> #GoFigure
>
> THE REAL JESSICA RYCHLY is a Minnesota teenager with a broad smile and
> wavy hair. She likes reading and the rapper Post Malone. When she goes on
> Facebook or Twitter, she sometimes muses about being bored or trades jokes
> with friends. Occasionally, like many teenagers, she posts a duck-face
> selfie.
>
> Read on:-
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/
> technology/social-media-bots.html
>
>
> *Ali Hussein*
> *Principal*
> *Hussein & Associates*
> +254 0713 601113
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
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>
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>
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> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>


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