Thread by @pulsecheckmedia

Exclusive: Watch the birth of a bot!!

Step 1: Create an account - notice @scootersaunders & @kelliebitter - Kell was born last month, but Scooter was born today, happy birthday!

Step 2:

Find a friend -

It's hard to make friends when you're 1 day old, so you call @RyanAFournier - who will follow you. Then Ryan's friend Kellie comes to play too. Notice it says 4 followers - but only shows 2 because 'you won't see suspected spam..'

Step 3: #followback

The bot to bot interaction is highly understated. Bots have bot friends - bots love to communicate with each other - RT/Fav etc

The next step is to follow the people you just met - so you follow ryan back

Notice Kellz and Scooter both follow each other

Step 4: Start Bottin'

Retweet, fav, follow and tweet conservative media folks or other bots - build a following. The more followers bots have the more legit they look - same goes for RT/fav and comments

Note 1: notice neither @scootersaunders or @kelliebitter 'follow' @RyanAFournier - he just follows so they get a verified follower to boost credibility and show that other 'people' agree with this bot propaganda. They don't follow him, cause that would be too big a red flag

Note 2a: check out @scootersaunders first tweets - all in the last 2 hours - all replies to verified people or other bots - to get exposure - show up on verified users comment section for more exposure - get other bots to RT - bots helping bots

Note 2b: notice the same thing with @kelliebitter - RT Fox News (go figure) - and using the rallying cry 'release the memo' -

ps- Kellie was born last week

CONCLUSION:

This is how a bot is made - @RyanAFournier is likely working with people creating or updating old accounts - he follows them - they follow each other - they RT/fav/comment celebrities and other bots to amplify effect - ultimately pushing their political agenda

ps - @RyanAFournier also runs @TrumpStudents - so he's got some content fire power and some tech kiddos to to join #teamfollowback