klassy
I don't know a HUGE amount, but none of that is terribly surprising to me - I'd been assuming he had a lot of bots following him & that it was likely a lot of them would be generated from abroad: in countries where he is popular &/or places where people might seek to exploit his fanbase via scams. Am surprised by just how high the numbers are though. I'd be very surprised if Trump - or someone working for him, at least - hadn't paid for some of them himself.
Am afraid I don't know about the practical side of creating & running them though. It's times like this I miss College & being able to find Someone Who'll Know with a trip to the Buttery. Admittedly I got more knowledge than I did food over the three years (slight issue with their woeful inability to cope with the concept of a vegetarian who couldn't have dairy products... I saw some quite incredible... foodthings... in my time... kept everyone entertained, anyway, guessing what I might be presented with next. Less entertaining was the time they gave me something with milk in, mind you... but I digress... However, my point, to return to our sheep: oh, for a helpful CompSci...) but as trade-offs go, fully worth it. And I had my Forbidden Toaster as well as fruit & cereal etc so I didn't starve. (I know, total rebel, me. I held illegal parties, too. A "party" being 6+ people [including the occupant of the room] congregating in a room in College without permission from College for said gathering. Played oboe AND flute outside music hours in first year [by arrangement with my neighbours, though, am not a monster]. I think I showered outside hours a couple of times. Once I had the temerity to go to housekeeping & ask for a new lightbulb without taking the old one with me, I was that much of a crazy rebel. Obviously I was, quite correctly, treated as if I were the head of the international lightbulb-smuggling cartel that threatens to bring all civilisation to its knees - but was granted a lightbulb nonetheless, with the instruction I must change it IMMEDIATELY & return to them with the dead bulb AT ONCE: with a stern reminder they had my name and room number and I could expect a fine for failure to comply... there was a bloke from maintenance in the office at the same time & on my escaping with my bulb he made a speedy exit because he couldn't hold his laughter in any longer...)
My College were well-represented at the Cambridge protest last week apparently. It's flying the Pride flag for LGBT month that got them abuse from a[t least one] Trump supporter on social media though. A real one, not a bot, sadly...