{"id":113274,"date":"2019-09-07T18:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T01:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=113274"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:59:25","slug":"half-justin-sun-followers-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/half-justin-sun-followers-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Data suggests half of Justin Sun’s Twitter followers are fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

TRON\u2019s Justin Sun<\/a> is likely benefiting from bought Twitter followers. Analysis of different metrics around his account indicate that over half of his 1.7 million followers could be fake.<\/p>\n

Popularity contest<\/h2>\n

People have been using bots to game Twitter since the platform\u2019s inception. Social proof is a key component of high engagement. Vanity metrics like follower counts, likes and retweets, and comments are important for generating engagement\u2014even if these numbers are manufactured.<\/p>\n

Justin Sun, the founder of TRON<\/a> and CEO of BitTorrent<\/a>, appears to be well aware of this dynamic. He is constantly trying to one-up<\/a> Ethereum<\/a> co-founder Vitalik Buterin<\/a> on the platform and even bragged<\/a> when he was the first one to hit 1 million followers in the crypto-sphere.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s a good possibility that Justin Sun\u2019s popularity is part of a facade.<\/p>\n

Manipulated vanity metrics?<\/h2>\n

Analysis of Justin Sun\u2019s Twitter metrics shows some pretty suspicious activity. Over the last 30 days his followers have been increasing in a tight band regardless of activity, ranging from 4,400 to 7,400 new followers a day, averaging 5,050 daily.<\/p>\n

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All of the pictured accounts follow fewer than 100 people and have fewer than 10 followers themselves, strong indicators that they\u2019re bots.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Vitalik Buterin, one of the most influential people in the industry, gained at most<\/a> 200 followers in a day over the same time span, even with 20 percent more daily tweets. On average, Buterin gained 70 new followers per day over the last 30 days.<\/p>\n

A look at aggregate data raises further questions. Justin Sun gained 1.7 million followers with 1,700 likes and 5,200 tweets on an account created August 2017. Vitalik Buterin gained 880,000 followers with 5,400 likes and 12,000 tweets with an account created May 2011.<\/p>\n

Either Vitalik Buterin is really, really bad at marketing himself (which is somewhat true) or something more dubious is happening with Justin Sun\u2019s vanity metrics. This comparison doesn\u2019t prove anything by itself, but there is even more incriminating data backing the idea that Sun\u2019s vanity metrics are manipulated.<\/p>\n

Indicators of purchased followers<\/h2>\n

Prior to October 2018 Justin Sun had seemingly normal follower activity. Some days he lost 100 followers, others he gained as many as 500\u2014normal variance for an undoctored account.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, on Oct. 11, 2018, Sun gained 5,700 followers overnight without any clear cause. Beginning Oct. 18 he started racking up followers in the thousands each day during the trough of the bear market.<\/p>\n

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Normal activity highlighted in blue.<\/em> Data by Social Blade<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In May 2018 the variance is even more alarming. On May 8, he lost 31,000 followers and then gained 29,000 the next day. In three instances in June Justin Sun gained over 10,000 followers in a single day, capturing as many as 18,800 followers in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Suddenly, on June 28, 2018, Sun lost 88,000 followers as part of a bot sweep by Twitter. Other major cryptocurrency influencers were unimpacted.<\/p>\n

The irregular and sudden activity suggests that Justin Sun could be purchasing thousands of followers every day. If 3,000 followers were purchased each day beginning Oct. 18, then 970,000\u2014the majority of Justin Sun\u2019s 1.7 million followers\u2014would be fake.<\/p>\n

Buying publicity<\/h2>\n

Using bots to gain followers and generate engagement is a trivial task. There are dozens of services that sell followers, likes, and retweets by the thousands. In Sun\u2019s case, 5,000 followers could go for as little as $100. One service even offers a \u201clifetime replacement guarantee\u201d should these purchased followers get identified and banned by Twitter.<\/p>\n

That said, purchasing followers and engagement is explicitly prohibited by Twitter\u2019s Platform manipulation and spam policy<\/i><\/a>. Accounts which engage in this kind of behavior run the risk of getting banned.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it\u2019s unclear whether Justin Sun is the one behind purchasing these followers. It is possible that a TRON super fan, or even a hedge fund, could be responsible for gaming the metrics. But, as Justin Sun said himself<\/a>, he\u2019s renowned for his \u201cvulgar hype and marketing behavior.\u201d Manipulating Twitter metrics seems in-line with his other gimmicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s discovered that Justin Sun is the one behind the manipulation then it would just be another incident where the TRON founder prioritizes hype over substance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRON\u2019s Justin Sun is likely benefiting from bought Twitter followers. Analysis of different metrics around his account indicate that over half of his 1.7 million followers could be fake. Popularity contest People have been using bots to game Twitter since the platform\u2019s inception. Social proof is a key component of high engagement. 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