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in many cases these accounts that are being used in a more illegitimate fashion try to pose as real people in particular the number of their friends or followers resemble that of a real person
 found that after watching a facebook video of the comedianpolitical commentator john oliver performing a segment on his show participants were likely to be persuaded to change their viewpoint on the topic they watched either payday lending or the ferguson protests to one that was closer to the opinion expressed by oliver