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I feel like I am missing something, I don't see why this is interesting. It doesn't sound like the "botnet" has any objective beyond being annoying. No propag
by mey 13y ago
I feel like I am missing something, I don't see why this is interesting. It doesn't sound like the "botnet" has any objective beyond being annoying. No propaganda, no ads, etc.
Waste of resources sure, but interesting results have come out of these accounts like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_ebooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_ebooks
- lalos 13y agoI thought @horse_ebooks was an experimental art thing and not a bot at all
- mey 13y agoOddly it was first a bot then an ARG of some sort (the account was sold).
- bduerst 13y agoObfuscation is a first line of defense for social-network bot nets. If you remember, a couple weeks ago someone uncovered a massive bot net on Facebook, that liked the most random things. This bot net could also be paid to like a specific page or person, but it would be lost in the noise of liking everything else. Even if there is a lot of noise, I would try to track down any correlations between these bots and any other twitter accounts and/or their content - to see if even something small (R^2 < .20) falls out. Twitter for sure knows about it though since they have server logs.