How little-known twitteratis are turning poll # into hot trends

Bhopal | Tuesday | 20th November, 2018

Summary:

Hashtag #MPwithBJP trended only after 98 total posts from 74 users reached some 1.45 lakh Twitter followers. A website linked to his Twitter profile takes you to 404-error.As for the Congress, #WaqtHaiBadlavKa in Hindi has made an impression but not enough to make it to the top Twitter trends the way BJP’s did. On November 10, he was up with #MPwithBJP which went viral on November 18, generating over 1,62,736 impressions.This desi is no legendry pirate. BHOPAL: An analysis of two Twitter trends finds both BJP and Congress trends are being set by little-known user accounts to promote their respective hashtags on social networking sites.A case in point is how ‘Captain Jack Sparrow’ aka Twitter handle @ramprab89869216 set a trend that made it to the top of Twitter feeds across India on Sunday. He set sail on Twitter only in September..