Red State··Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 6:45 AM

The Social Media Psy-Op (or How I Learned to Love Nigerian Scam-Bots)

Recently, I have been working on the algorithmic health of my X account. For years, I’ve been convinced that even when Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, they forgot to take me off the shadow-ban list. However, I recently did something I promised never to do: I bought one of those paid blue-check subscriptions so people will stop mistaking me for a Nigerian bot.

Read the full story at Red State

Opens redstate.com in a new tab.

What do you think?