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Offline Formerly Once-Ler

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Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message
« on: February 19, 2020, 07:35:45 pm »
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-bankrolls-a-social-media-army-to-push-message-11582127768
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Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign is hiring hundreds of workers in California to post regularly on their personal social-media accounts in support of the candidate and send text messages to their friends about him.

The effort, which could cost millions of dollars, is launching ahead of California’s March 3 primary and could later be deployed nationwide, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. It is one of the most unorthodox yet by the heavy-spending billionaire...

Pay wall at link...


https://twitter.com/TimJHanrahan/status/1230163850642776064

Tim Hanrahan @TimJHanrahan
Wow: The Bloomberg campaign is hiring more than 500 “deputy digital organizers” to work 20-30 hours a week and receive $2,500 a month, documents show. The job? Promote Bloomberg to everyone in their phones’ contacts by text and make social-media posts.


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Offline Applewood

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Re: Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2020, 07:39:49 pm »
So glad I don't do Facebook, Twitter or any of the other social media things.