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Twitter is 100% gamed by big money. Rihanna for instance was paid 2.5M for pro farmer tweet


> Rihanna for instance was paid 2.5M for pro farmer tweet

You can game any system like that - instagram etc

Why do you think Rihanna would need 2.5M for such a tweet when her any collaboration can make her much, much more money?

Just because she did not sing to your tunes so you thought you can accuse her like that.


https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/rihanna-paid-2425-milli...

Almost every organic trending thing like this starts off with PR firms getting celebrities. Most celebrities tweets and instas are sponsored


Source for this?


This is what i saw this morning, not sure about authenticity though

https://theprint.in/diplomacy/canada-firm-mp-pr-person-suspe...

According to sources, it was Skyrocket that allegedly paid $2.5 million to popstar Rihanna to tweet in support of the farmers’ protest in India. Dhaliwal, the sources said, is a Canada-based Sikh who is a “self-proclaimed Sikh separatist” and is also close to Jagmeet Singh.


"According to sources"

FFS


>>not sure about authenticity though


I commented on news article. Not on your post. No offence intended





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