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A Thread on Faye D'Souza, Her Fake Followers, Her Husband who is Responsible for a Fake Follower Scam and Her General Hypocrisy.
Disclaimer. I used to admire her work as a journalist. Up untill her stance on CAA and all subsequent reportage of issues since then.
Disclaimer. I used to admire her work as a journalist. Up untill her stance on CAA and all subsequent reportage of issues since then.
This all started when this headline caught a few people's eyes. https://metrosaga.com/fake-followers-case-after-badshah-journalist-faye-dsouzas-husband-summoned-by-mumbai-cops/
Whether her husband was caught or not remains irrelevant as people's eyes were set on Faye's name, after all as far as social media (IG) goes, she had one of the largest growth spikes for a political page.
So between October/2019 and
July/24/2020
She gained ~ 465K followers.
So between October/2019 and
July/24/2020
She gained ~ 465K followers.
Let's get her hypocrisy out of the way first.
The fact that she attended the protests, isn't something I can blame her for, however. Since she herself says, that her platform is for "news" she spreads blatant lies over the CAA.
The fact that she attended the protests, isn't something I can blame her for, however. Since she herself says, that her platform is for "news" she spreads blatant lies over the CAA.
It's almost going to be a year since CAA was passed.
• Have Muslims been categorised as a Second Class Citizens?
• How has it led to discrimination in other places?
• It was fully constitutional (See, SC decision)
• Where did it say that Muslims aren't welcomed?
All Lies.
• Have Muslims been categorised as a Second Class Citizens?
• How has it led to discrimination in other places?
• It was fully constitutional (See, SC decision)
• Where did it say that Muslims aren't welcomed?
All Lies.
So coming to her followers. Let's start with Twitter. Since it's the easier one to calculate using free online tools.
We see that nearly ¾ of her followers are fake.
You may say that the audit was done at a wrong time. But as of today she has 1M followers. Look at likes and RTs
We see that nearly ¾ of her followers are fake.
You may say that the audit was done at a wrong time. But as of today she has 1M followers. Look at likes and RTs
1M followers and engagement on her "best tweets" (the ones that she herself is in) have less than 1k likes.
Compare that with @ThePlacardGuy 's tweets. He has 86K followers, but still has likes that start from around 600 all the way to 3k/5k on average.
(Non viral tweets)
Compare that with @ThePlacardGuy 's tweets. He has 86K followers, but still has likes that start from around 600 all the way to 3k/5k on average.
(Non viral tweets)
But okay. Twitter isn't monetizable. No big deal, let's talk about IG now.
Finding fake followers on IG is tough, since it's a monetizable platform, the online tools that are required aren't free.
So the ones I used were free/demo tools but all their results lie in the same bracket with a ±2% scope of inaccuracy.
1st Dead Giveaway - Bot Followers.
So the ones I used were free/demo tools but all their results lie in the same bracket with a ±2% scope of inaccuracy.
1st Dead Giveaway - Bot Followers.
2nd Metric - Engagement Rates. Considering that at the average time of gathering all data, she has 500-600k followers. She should have an average of 2-3% engagement rate. But what does she have?
Faye's Engagement Rates Are 8-10%!
Which is colossally high!
Now this can be explained away as, "since she's a new's page, she is bound to have a high ER, because people actively go to her for the news". Ok. But now comes the maths.
Which is colossally high!
Now this can be explained away as, "since she's a new's page, she is bound to have a high ER, because people actively go to her for the news". Ok. But now comes the maths.
Let's take her engagement of 8.25% since that's a more professional/paid tool.
8.25% of 591.1k = 48,765.75 ≈ 49k.
Now say, the number of inactive people are 5x the amount of active (engaging) people,
49k × 5 = 245k.
Btw, 5 times is very high, since she's a "news source"
8.25% of 591.1k = 48,765.75 ≈ 49k.
Now say, the number of inactive people are 5x the amount of active (engaging) people,
49k × 5 = 245k.
Btw, 5 times is very high, since she's a "news source"
A page like her's should have super high engagement rates considering people look towards her as a legit news source everyday.
Moreover with an ER of exactly 10.1% it's super suspicious considering this site which talks about fake followers and ERs
https://influencermarketinghub.com/instagram-fake-follower-bot-checker-free/
Moreover with an ER of exactly 10.1% it's super suspicious considering this site which talks about fake followers and ERs
https://influencermarketinghub.com/instagram-fake-follower-bot-checker-free/
Consider this on 29th September 2020 she had 700k+ followers.
How is it that her post on a highly controversial subject (Amnesty Shutting Down) had lesser likes than her ER at 592k followers??
Tea for Thought.
How is it that her post on a highly controversial subject (Amnesty Shutting Down) had lesser likes than her ER at 592k followers??
Tea for Thought.
And well, as far as general hypocrisy goes.
• Post Fake News about an Attack and Manager Being Forced
• Delete post after being called out and simply rephrase the words "forced" to "demanded"
• Say that "demanding" verbally is no less than "physical assault" in caption.
Fin.
• Post Fake News about an Attack and Manager Being Forced
• Delete post after being called out and simply rephrase the words "forced" to "demanded"
• Say that "demanding" verbally is no less than "physical assault" in caption.
Fin.
