I think this is brilliant social satire come to life. Can there be a block chain of people who "trust" a source within the net and where central claims originate?
There is a .zip you can download, and a link to give it access to your Twitter account. That's enough to make me think it's legitimate :) If you are brave enough to go through either of the steps, let me know what's at the end of the rainbow.
A voluntary bot net is still a bot net. And I wonder how voluntary it really is? Can you easily decline further participation if you start to disagree with some of the "fake news" it is spamming?
One would think that simply changing the password on the Twitter account would be the end of it. But for the curious, I would still recommend establishing a "burner" account for testing purposes.
In a credit union it is your money that is doing the participating. They don't ask for your car keys before taking your money. These guys are taking your money but first want your twitter account ... or at least some twitter account. I assume most "customers" will create and submit dummy accounts.
I like the idea but sadly I'm sure it's more of a marketing effort than an actual platform. I've been saddened to not be able to find social media marketplaces that provide an actual twitter platform (ie programmable). All you can buy is x thousands of account blasting an identical message. Or maybe I haven't been looking hard enough?