X flooded by thousands of scam posts per minute, showing 10K retweets but 290 views
teropa · x · 2026-10-20
teropa spotted a fake account impersonating NFT artist Tyler Hobbs churning out 2022-vintage crypto scam posts (a fake QQL Minting Dutch auction with limited free passes) at thousands per minute, with nothing stopping it. The screenshot exposes the platform's broken metrics: the post shows "10K retweets and 290 views" — self-contradictory numbers that betray obvious bot inflation.
He quips that this old scam style is still being attempted and mocks the moderation with "well done all around."
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