🟠Confirmed: Over the Last Two Months, some
#OneNation’s “Support” on X is Astroturfed - Paid Trolls
We’ve been tracking every single reply to our posts that fact-checked One Nation officials. This isn’t a casual observation—this is a forensic record of what’s actually happening online.
Here’s what we found:
Account Profiles
Almost all replies come from accounts with 1–200 followers, some newly created but often inactive for 4–5 years or longer.
The accounts are aged but post almost nothing original. Many have generic names or profile pictures.
Suspicious Follower Networks
They all follow the same types of accounts: fake Elo;n accounts, crypto bots, “massage” DMs, lottery winners giving away millions.
These are classic signals of bot farms or troll networks “warming up” accounts to bypass platform filters.
Reply Patterns
The replies are always illiterate, ranty, off-the-mark, and irrelevant.
They never engage with facts. Instead, they flood threads to create the illusion of support.
This has happened consistently over the last month, with nearly 500 separate accounts exhibiting this behaviour.
Tactics in play
These seemingly One Nation supporters' replies use a few clear strategies. Sentiment manipulation makes their posts appear more popular than they really are. Engagement suppression buries intelligent critiques under a swarm of low-quality replies. And intimidation is used to create the feeling that you’re shouting into a void, discouraging further fact-checks.
Why This Happens
This is textbook
#astroturfing: a fake support prop for a movement.
It may involve AI-generated responses, low-cost foreign labor, or troll farms.
It’s common globally for fringe political groups, though it violates X’s terms of service.
The takeaway
This is not an anomaly. It’s a clear, deliberate strategy to amplify One Nation’s perceived support online. These accounts are not normal followers—they’re part of a coordinated effort.
We’ve logged every single one of these replies and their patterns. The evidence speaks louder than any claim. A popular movement does not need to do this; a desperate one will.