Mitt Romney got two sudden bursts of Twitter followers over the weekend, the exact cause of which was unknown. Many observers labeled the accounts as fake, possibly purchased by the campaign or some outsider for reasons unclear.
Mashable turned to data provided by Attention and Tracx to shed some light on the phenomenon.
Romney was averaging about 3,500 new followers every day from mid-March to mid-July. Over the weekend of July 20, that number surged to 47,416 -- a sign that something odd was certainly afoot.
Our analysis revealed that the social media team at Romney headquarters didn't do anything to produce that astronomical change organically: none of his tweets or Facebook post…
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