[kictanet] The Follower Factory - The New York Times

[Ali Hussein]

@Mildred

Otherwise known as 'the Influencer Economy'.

It's not far off that Brands will start realising that they are being taken
for a ride. Authenticity online simply cannot be bought. Sooner or later
the dirt will start surfacing..

Regards

*Ali Hussein*

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*Hussein & Associates*



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On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:46 AM, Mildred Achoch <mildandred at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>
>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
>> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>
>
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>
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