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Wouldn't this be an end goal for malicious bots? I also think this article puts too much emphasis on people "being lied to" by all social media bots with statem
by prolikewh0a 8y ago
Wouldn't this be an end goal for malicious bots? I also think this article puts too much emphasis on people "being lied to" by all social media bots with statements like: "One question begs for closer analysis; why would a small percentage, though small, find anything positive about the bots, about being lied to, that the information is not free of salary packet or automated word strings?", when that's absolutely not true for all bots.
For example, a National Weather Service severe weather social media bot just posting severe weather warnings probably isn't lying to you.
- colechristensen 8y agoAn NWS Twitter bot (although I would actually expect it to be a human posting) isn't telling the truth because of the content of its tweets but because it accurately represents itself. If a Twitter bot named FSB Social Media Account #5527 posted commentary about American politics, there would be very few problems regardless of content.
- mercer 8y agoI think you're conflating the term 'bots' as used in this article and actual bots, which I agree can be very useful.