| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? 19:47 - May 26 with 999 views | WeWereZombies |
From the live feed on the BBC website:
A row has broken out over the definition of social media bots after Twitter rejected a study that suggested nearly half of the accounts tweeting about coronavirus since January are bots.
Twitter's head of site security, Yoel Roth, says the company has seen “no evidence to support the claim”.
It comes after a study by Carnegie Mellon University found 45% of 200m tweets about the pandemic were sent by accounts "that behave more like computerised robots than humans".
The term bot is often ill-defined "and doesn't necessarily refer to co-ordinated, manipulative, or inauthentic behaviour", Mr Roth said.
Spam or troll accounts can sometimes be mistaken for bots. Real people can also engage in excessive posting if they are passionate about an issue.
Only social media companies have the necessary data to detect automated accounts.
BBC Bitesize has a guide about bots and the fake news they can spread.
From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52803180 |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:52 - May 26 with 973 views | Swansea_Blue |
I reckon Keno's got the best bot |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:54 - May 26 with 966 views | GeoffSentence |
| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:52 - May 26 by Swansea_Blue |
I reckon Keno's got the best bot |
Bluefish is the most obvious one. |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:56 - May 26 with 959 views | footers |
Fair few bots on here...
facters' obituary posts are obviously bot-like.
blubbers' FOPRP posts are clearly automated to some extent.
The speed and volume with which callis posts are slightly inhuman at times.
That NewsTWTD character is very shady indeed... and you never hear 'him' speak....
Any more for any more?
And are any of us 'really' human? |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 23:38 - May 26 with 856 views | BlueBadger |
| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:56 - May 26 by footers |
Fair few bots on here...
facters' obituary posts are obviously bot-like.
blubbers' FOPRP posts are clearly automated to some extent.
The speed and volume with which callis posts are slightly inhuman at times.
That NewsTWTD character is very shady indeed... and you never hear 'him' speak....
Any more for any more?
And are any of us 'really' human? |
Of course not, some of us are Dancer. |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 01:21 - May 27 with 838 views | Ryorry |
"Real people can also engage in excessive posting if they are passionate about an issue."
I don't know how recently it was introduced, but Twitter now limits how much individuals can tweet, RT under any hashtag, or follow people within certain timeframes. Some perfectly genuine individuals I know on there, one a good buddy, have been restricted in how much they tweet about 'The Archers'! eg; others participating in 'Follow Back Friday' have had to wait 3 days before being allowed to follow more than a few.
As to which Uni - doubt there's anyone better placed than Cotty in the stats dept. at Manchester! |  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 04:46 - May 27 with 806 views | SpruceMoose |
| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 19:56 - May 26 by footers |
Fair few bots on here...
facters' obituary posts are obviously bot-like.
blubbers' FOPRP posts are clearly automated to some extent.
The speed and volume with which callis posts are slightly inhuman at times.
That NewsTWTD character is very shady indeed... and you never hear 'him' speak....
Any more for any more?
And are any of us 'really' human? |
It may be the several pints of strong IPA talking, but I think you've got a lovely bot Footers 😠|  |
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| Bot row - which university should do the study on the TWTD forum? on 07:15 - May 27 with 772 views | WeWereZombies |
So no one is suggesting the UEA then? | |
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