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IMO there's nothing wrong or broken with Twitter, we just have a culture of criticism that exaggerates legitimate flaws and trends. But I will say that bots a
by rickhanlonii 10y ago
IMO there's nothing wrong or broken with Twitter, we just have a culture of criticism that exaggerates legitimate flaws and trends.
But I will say that bots are becoming pretty damaging to the community. Bots that auto-favorite and auto-follow (only to undo those actions days later) in order to gain followers--call it astro-engagement--has created a situation where Twitter in some respect is a social network for bots.