How easy is it to game the altmetric score? The altmetric score is a summary of the online attention a publication has received. More tweets, hits and chatter makes a bigger score. But what does the popularity contest mean? 

I've heard of researchers being officially judged by their Research Gate scores, but this one is new to me. 

Have you ever tried to boost your altmetric score? Is it as easy as just posting a link? http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/lq.10289 Here's my two cents to help with the experiment.
Like any metric, there’s a potential for gaming of altmetrics: 
  Anyone with enough time on their hands can artificially inflate the 
  altmetrics for their research. That’s why altmetrics providers like 
  Altmetric, PLOS and SSRN have measures in place to identify and correct for 
  gaming. Don’t forget to look at the underlying qualitative data to see who 
  has been talking about the research, and what they’ve been saying.


I conclude it is very easy to game the score.  Gaming is also easy to detect.  Gaming altmetrics is neither ethical nor useful.

https://www.altmetric.com/about-altmetrics/what-are-altmetrics/