http://www.politicollision.com/story.php?title=obunga-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers President Obama's Twitter account has 18.8 million followers -- but more than half of them really don't exist, according to reports. A new Web tool has determined that 70% of Obama's crowd includes "fake followers," The New York Times reports in a story about how Twitter followers can be purchased. "The practice has become so widespread that StatusPeople, a social media management company in London, released a Web tool last month called the Fake Follower Check that it says can ascertain how many fake followers you and your friends have," the Times reports. "Fake accounts tend to follow a lot of people but have few followers," said Rob Waller, a founder of StatusPeople. "We then combine that with a few other metrics to confirm the account is fake." Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:22:47 EDT en http://www.politicollision.com/story.php?title=obunga-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers#c12580 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:31:20 EDT Fender Stratocaster 1 12580 http://www.politicollision.com/story.php?title=obunga-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers#c12579 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:30:15 EDT Jan 2 12579 http://www.politicollision.com/story.php?title=obunga-has-millions-of-fake-twitter-followers#c12569 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:59:49 EDT danielT 2 12569