Sunday, 4 February 2018

How Twitter bots game social media

quote [ It should have become an indisputable fact that Russia launched a sophisticated, daring, aggressive campaign against the American public, and we’re as exposed as we ever were — if not more so, because now so many tools we might have sharpened to aid us in this fight seem blunted by the very people who should be honing their edge. There is no leadership. No one is building awareness of how these automated influence campaigns are being used against us. ]

TL;DR: It’s going to get worse before it gets better, and even that is probably being optimistic.

Excellent comparison of how natural trending versus bot amplification works/looks.

Provides several links for the whataboutists that might still believe it wasn’t Russia. (Hint: the bot’s human controllers keep Moscow office hours)
[SFW] [politics] [+4 Underrated]
[by Taxman]
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steele said @ 5:24pm GMT on 4th February
Time for a game of: Organic Meme or Foreign Government Trying to Undermine Our Democracy!

steele said @ 5:26pm GMT on 4th February
Nevermind, looks like the gallery got killed.


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steele said @ 5:24pm GMT on 4th February
Nevermind, looks like the gallery got killed.



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