The idea that half of Twitter's accounts are bots is not new: https://gizmodo.com/how-many-social-media-users-are-real-people-1826447042 https://gizmodo.com/how

The idea that half of Twitter's accounts are bots is not new: https://gizmodo.com/how-many-social-media-users-are-real-people-1826447042 https://gizmodo.com/how-many-social-media-users-are-real-peo... (written in 2018) Another older article puts the issue into a larger social context and makes some sloppy estimates: "Since Twitter’s yearly revenue is between 2 and 3 billion dollars — that is as much as 50 dollars per potential customer on average and that doesn’t count what people are spending to purchase fake followers and bots. If only English speaking customers are targeted by Twitter ads, that means 150 dollars is being spent to grab the attention of each customer." https://kirstenhacker.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/the-fake-economies-of-the-internet/ https://kirstenhacker.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/the-fake-econ...