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So ? What fraction of the accounts calling for further lockdown are bots ?
by ovi256 6y ago
So ? What fraction of the accounts calling for further lockdown are bots ?
- tobylane 6y agoProbably some, and I’d also welcome the research. But when 80-90% of the population support lockdown there’s less need for bots. Apple pie is less popular than ‘continue lockdown for as long as necessary’. https://xkcd.com/2305/ https://xkcd.com/2305/ As for twitter bots, I have one running by ifttt, another by script, and three more in planning. I welcome the human/bot accounts being made clear.
- leereeves 6y agoThat xkcd is quite old. Support for the lockdown is down to about 60% now. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/29/coronavirus-poll-divided-over-economy-americans-worry-health/5264864002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/29/corona...
- randylahey 6y agoWhy don't you organize a study and let us know?
- happytoexplain 6y agoStarting a sentence with "so?" implies that you don't care that X position has a lot of bots behind it. But then your followup question implies that you would care if position Y has a lot of bots behind it. Shouldn't this be a "that's bad, I wonder how bad it is on the other side" kind of situation? Why are you defending this?
- scrollaway 6y agoSeeing the space before the question mark, it sounds like the person you are replying to is French. It's not unlikely the "So?" is meant as an "alright then, can we now have the answer to ...". I've made that exact mistake.
- takeda 6y agoNo one really wants lockdown, at most people would be supporting "as long as it helps"
- bagacrap 6y agoWe don't need bots to state that case when so many Americans are receiving more in unemployment benefits than their typical wages.