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Can you link a few examples where: "If you tweet something along the lines of "I'd buy a tshirt with that image on it" you'll immediately get ten bots offering

Can you link a few examples where: "If you tweet something along the lines of "I'd buy a tshirt with that image on it" you'll immediately get ten bots offering to sell you that shirt from a print-on-demand site."? There should be thousands upon thousands of examples, a single search away, to choose from right?

Apocryphon 3y ago
That is what the second link is. Most of those replies are fake, you can tell because there are bots working in call-and-answer pairs, with one stating their admiration for a shirt design and the second one providing a storefront that has miraculously spontaneously generated to fit that product demand. Examples from query "need this shirt:" https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  For the second link in your previous comment, only 4 accounts posted the same link 5 times total, and only one of the accounts looks suspicious enough to be a bot, the others have join dates of 2011, 2012, etc., and not too suspicious posting histories. Did you actually take a close look? If you did, why did you pick one of the least convincing examples?
  - Apocryphon 3y ago
    Your analysis is wrong. @livpost_br, @cosasdevida_13, @humseila, and @Steven_Mr9 are all bots. Early reg dates and retweeting of the content of others does not prove an account is not a bot. If you actually skim those accounts' replies more carefully, you will see the spamming of t-shirt links. I concede that may not have been the best example. Did you actually read my comment in full? If you did, why did you pick one of the least convincing examples?
    - MichaelZuo 3y ago
      > Your analysis is wrong. @livpost_br, @cosasdevida_13, @humseila, and @Steven_Mr9 are all bots. Can you link the proof or analysis behind this claim?
      - Apocryphon 3y ago
        https://twitter.com/livpost_br/with_replies https://twitter.com/livpost_br/with_replies Look at all of the non sequitur shirt tweets. https://twitter.com/cosasdevida_13/with_replies https://twitter.com/cosasdevida_13/with_replies Same here- same domains even (viralstyle.com and vrlstyl.com) https://twitter.com/humseila/with_replies https://twitter.com/humseila/with_replies Same domains, links to a domain that has been taken down due to TOS violations (gystoore.shop) https://twitter.com/Steven_Mr9/with_replies https://twitter.com/Steven_Mr9/with_replies Same spamming of links with vrlstyl.com domain, non-link tweets with fragmentary "bot speak." Just skim these feeds and you can get a general feel.
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Apocryphon 3y ago

That is what the second link is. Most of those replies are fake, you can tell because there are bots working in call-and-answer pairs, with one stating their admiration for a shirt design and the second one providing a storefront that has miraculously spontaneously generated to fit that product demand. Examples from query "need this shirt:" https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/kelsi_bree/status/1718103609832100137 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/pipikinkin/status/1718207087170498586 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/fxgotron69/status/1717662530242478481 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/nottheworse1/status/1718356453805658458 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419 https://twitter.com/iamjannana/status/1716620531531657419

MichaelZuo 3y ago
For the second link in your previous comment, only 4 accounts posted the same link 5 times total, and only one of the accounts looks suspicious enough to be a bot, the others have join dates of 2011, 2012, etc., and not too suspicious posting histories. Did you actually take a close look? If you did, why did you pick one of the least convincing examples?
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  Your analysis is wrong. @livpost_br, @cosasdevida_13, @humseila, and @Steven_Mr9 are all bots. Early reg dates and retweeting of the content of others does not prove an account is not a bot. If you actually skim those accounts' replies more carefully, you will see the spamming of t-shirt links. I concede that may not have been the best example. Did you actually read my comment in full? If you did, why did you pick one of the least convincing examples?
  - MichaelZuo 3y ago
    > Your analysis is wrong. @livpost_br, @cosasdevida_13, @humseila, and @Steven_Mr9 are all bots. Can you link the proof or analysis behind this claim?
    - Apocryphon 3y ago
      https://twitter.com/livpost_br/with_replies https://twitter.com/livpost_br/with_replies Look at all of the non sequitur shirt tweets. https://twitter.com/cosasdevida_13/with_replies https://twitter.com/cosasdevida_13/with_replies Same here- same domains even (viralstyle.com and vrlstyl.com) https://twitter.com/humseila/with_replies https://twitter.com/humseila/with_replies Same domains, links to a domain that has been taken down due to TOS violations (gystoore.shop) https://twitter.com/Steven_Mr9/with_replies https://twitter.com/Steven_Mr9/with_replies Same spamming of links with vrlstyl.com domain, non-link tweets with fragmentary "bot speak." Just skim these feeds and you can get a general feel.
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