We checked Donald Trump’s Twitter feed and didn’t see the viral tweet on it.
We then did a keyword search for “Donald Trump + Madonna” and found that the singer had been trending online because some people mistook her for the footballer.
We then analyzed the viral tweet with an actual tweet on Trump’s feed. When comparing the viral tweet with Trump’s tweet on the mobile app, we saw four big mistakes:
- The share button on the phone is different in the mobile app compared to the viral tweet.
- The number of retweets, appointment tweets, and likes appear separately and not next to the buttons.
- The Twitter handle and time were in different positions compared to a real tweet.
- The position of the number of engagements was also not aligned with the text of the tweet.
We also found errors when comparing the viral tweet with the desktop version of a real tweet.
This time, the share button was the same as in the viral tweet. However, the time position and control of Twitter were again misplaced, compared to an actual tweet. While in a real tweet the time is mentioned below the text, in the viral photo the time and identifier were next to the name.
The number of engagements was also found to be above the buttons in the actual tweet.
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