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>Do these kids not think that Twitter has the ability to do this. Don't know, but they aren't.
by jackmott 9y ago
>Do these kids not think that Twitter has the ability to do this.
Don't know, but they aren't.
- chrisdbaldwin 9y agoOr at least they aren't publicly
- Bartweiss 9y agoI'm not at all convinced; the students in the article are getting by because they have no particular fear of false positives. They're just some guys saying "yeah, looks like a bot!" Twitter has a much harder post-discovery choice. Do they disable or publicly flag accounts, and catch flack for hitting real ones? Or do they monitor internally and wait for high confidence, then get in trouble for not doing enough? I don't see how Twitter could offer a comparable service even with a comparable tool; being the official overseer of the question leaves them with too much responsibility.