Replied to an active protest-related twitter thread for the first time in ages and started getting a ton of likes but then started clicking through to all the accounts. I can't be sure but it seems like a flood of bots all the way down. Just eerie

The following was posted on 5/31/2020 as a reply to the parent post:

Even from bots, seeing likes flood in is like crack. First time I've felt that in literally years and tonight of all nights it seems to explain a lot