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Nearly Half of the Twitter Accounts Discussing ‘Reopening America’ May Be Bots
- bittercynic 6y agoI suspect many users don't care whether they're reading a real human's opinion or not. Some people just want to read something inflammatory, and to then retweet it.
- hn2017 6y agoThis things happen all the time on Twitter. Does Twitter actually do anything? They seem to careless about this sort of stuff. Bots overrun anything remotely controversial.
- asplake 6y agoThe NPR version [1] is easier to share - quote marks in the URL of CMU’s article [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/20/859814085/researchers-nearly-half-of-accounts-tweeting-about-coronavirus-are-likely-bots?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&t=1590076506367 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...