Earlier this year there was a "Socialbot" project where bots controlled Twitter accounts and were awarded points for follows and replies from humans. The team t

Earlier this year there was a "Socialbot" project where bots controlled Twitter accounts and were awarded points for follows and replies from humans. The team that won (http://aerofade.rk.net.nz/?p=152 http://aerofade.rk.net.nz/?p=152) programmed the bot to ask questions and use some Twitter culture (Follow Friday). There are also quite a few funny conversations in the post.