How teens in the US earn thousands of dollars through secret groups

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Edition BuzzFeed talked about teenagers who sell retweets to advertisements, corporate and regular Twitter accounts and earn tens of thousands of dollars. The phenomenon has received the name of "tweeting" (tweetdecking), because participants are united in groups through the application Tweetdeck, writes TJournal.

According to the publication, the number of members of the secret chat can reach several hundred. The so-called group leaders receive orders, distribute tasks and earn from 5 to 10 thousands of dollars. Customers or brands pay for one-time retweets of one record, and can also get long-term access to a secret chat to give a task during the week.

According to Kendrick, the 18-year-old owner of the group, customers are willing to pay hundreds of dollars to make a tweet popular. “This is the easiest thing to do. Just retweet, have fun with friends and get money, ”he says. Ordinary members of secret chats earn around 5 dollars per retweet.

TwitterDike works through Tweetdeck, because according to the rules of Twitter it is forbidden to buy or sell retweets or other ways to promote accounts. TwitterDeckers regularly get banned because of their activities, but they quickly get new profiles.

Tweetdeckers' customers include big brands, companies or users who want to become popular. But many of them get fame only by stealing or plagiarizing tweets.

As the BuzzFeed, thanks to "twitterdeking" on Twitter, accounts with stolen tweets have become popular. Owners of such profiles steal an old joke from a popular user, publish to a small audience and pay for promotion through secret groups.

First tweet from August, second tweet from December 2017

22 old Karim, known by his nickname @hotlinekream, several times published nicknames of “twitterdeckers”, urging users to complain about them to the Twitter administration. According to him, he received threats from members of secret chats who promised to reveal his personal data or place them on the pedophile forum.

Our tapes are filled with tweets that we have seen before, and, frankly, this makes Twitter less interesting. We are also tired of stealing our tweets, and getting paid for it.

Karim
Twitter user by nickname @hotlinekream

As one of Tweetdeckers noted, he is aware of the claims of Twitter users, but he continues to do this for easy money. "People will pay to make their tweets more popular, and I just get extra money," he added.

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