Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, the electric car giant, sparked an interaction among activists on social media, after he made a comment about buying Twitter accounts for fake followers to increase influence.
Hey @elonmusk, as long as your digging, check into how @nytimes @forbes etc., bought their Twitter followers to fake influence.
NY Times has 53 million “followers” and rarely gets 50 RT’s.
I could post a ???? emoji and a pic of a 80’s sitcom star and get more. (See next tweet.)
Dave Rubin’s account owner tweeted: “(Elon Musk) As long as you’re mining, check how[The New York Times][Forbes]etc… are buying their Twitter followers to fake influence..[The New York Times]has 53 million.” Followers’ Rarely gets 50 (Retweets) I can post an emoji and a picture of an 80s sitcom star and get more. (See next Tweet).”
Musk responds, “Yeah, I noticed that too. Very strange.”
In a separate tweet, McCask sparked a wide interaction with a tweet in which he said: “Then I will buy Coca-Coca-Cola to return the cocaine to it.” The tweet gained more than 1.7 million likes less than 4 hours after its publication.