Sydney radio presenters branded "Twitter wankers"
- 06 July, 2009 09:13
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Sydney breakfast radio presenters Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have been given the title of “Twitter wankers”, accused of artificially boosting the number of their Twitter followers.
CEO of Twitter marketing company uSocial.net, Leon Hill, said in a statement to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph that the Twitter fraud was apparent when the 2DayFM crew endured a growth of 30,000 followers in only 18 hours.
“It was immediately apparent that most of the people following their account were fake,” said Hill, who claims the radio presenters are using a computer program to create fake accounts and then follow their own.
“Almost none have photos, little to no updates and the ones that were updating were doing so with either their name, or an illegible grouping of letters.”
“It’s blatant spam and shows they’re nothing but Twitter wankers,” he said.
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Comments
Anonymous
Vyle & Tacky Ho
Mate, they're just wankers fullstop.
Big Johnson
Couldn't agree more. Jackie O is the carbon copy of every other commercial radio female sidekick .... "giggle giggle, your awful laddish male presenter .... now I'll be honest about dating etc" yawn and Sandilands is just a complete cock jockey.
How pathetic.
Anonymous
Kyle is a W
Kyle is apparently pursuing a career in the US - good luck with that mate but I doubt you puerile, offensive, subtle as a brick humour will cut it.
Anonymous
I cringe listening to their radio show.
They are wankers!
Anonymous
Brain dead radio
sad to say that I now listen to the ABC. Cannot stand their idiot conversations.
Outer Space Dude
Twitter wankers
Thanks to a recent increase in the messages emanating from Earth we decided to fly past and have a decent look at your planet...then I got this post...nup, sorry we're off to the ends of the universe...no signs of life here, move one!
Anonymous
Who are these people? Ive never heard of them.
Anonymous
vyle and tacky ho... classic!! nice one. very fitting.
Anonymous
Bim & Bo
They 'twitter' on about rubish in their shows. Give me 2UE any day.
Anonymous
finally a chance to say something! ... nought to do with those loosers vile and kacky .... but that jesus fearer benny hinn ...is that his name? ... not a bible basher myself, but what a freakin money scamming scab of all life! .... expose this prik a.s.a.p .... check him out .... he's a nasty piece of work, playing on innocent ( but ignorant) minds ..... xx
Kevin A
You Ausies should rather listen to a decent (and original) station called 94.7 highveld in SA - although it will be evening your time. Probably where that Carl (W) and O get their ideas from - cheap impersonators! Well, not the Twitter loading, that one was their own stupidity....
les
self appointed judge.sandilands is trying to discredit Australian Idol just so he can get back in on the pannel We dont need him because the new Judge in town is JAY and he is good and is gaining new fans daily JAY is the MAN for Idole so stop all the crap about 21,000 out of 25 million Australians wanting him back give Jay the time to show his best
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