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Originally Posted by AC
It's certainly a popular theory out there.
Apparently this guy exploded within 48 hours and the data suggests his streams vs download numbers show the numbers were cooked. Seems like his song has quickly become a conservative and alt-right anthem of sorts, leading to the speculation.
This guy seems to be the most vocal one looking into it, finding fake 1 day accounts, the background of those involved, etc: https://twitter.com/mattmoran_music
Though I would have thought artificially boosting numbers was a common practice in music to try and get some viral hits. |
Oh yeah, 100% industry plant and we'll see more and more of them.
It's funny because I had this forwarded to me by three of my right wing/qanon friends as this amazing new song by an amazing new artist. These are guys that have never once shared songs, just the usual far right news/posts/conspiracy stuff.
I was like "hmm for some reason this is being pushed heavy thru far right algorithms" haha.