A storm engulfed the Twitter community of bloggers allied to Deputy President William Ruto after the social media platform deactivated over 500 of their accounts in one sweep.
The social media platform suspended the accounts on the basis that they had flouted rules against misuse of hashtags as well as the use of deceptive links in an attempt to outsmart its algorithm.
An outcry then followed from some of the users who argued that they had lost a large chunk of their livelihoods, some of whom made as much as Ksh63,000 per month promoting brands and political slogans with their relatively popular handles boasting northwards of 100,000 followers.
Soon after, a finger-pointing game emerged directed to a somewhat obscure Excel sheet on which the influencers, who had been contracted to promote the hashtag #TheRutoPromise, had been required to update their details including a phone number, official names as well as the work they had done to facilitate their payment.
Instead of receiving money into their mobile accounts, the influencers were shocked to see their accounts disappear one by one in what they claimed to be a set up by one of the sector’s players. John Jeje’s name appeared prominently in the midst of the outrage…
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No wonder…
Hii vita iko kwa debe sio twotter.