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I always wondered how much is in the interest of Twitter to get rid of fake accounts. At the end of the day, the "Who to follow" box indicates that the more co
by ipedrazas 12y ago
I always wondered how much is in the interest of Twitter to get rid of fake accounts.
At the end of the day, the "Who to follow" box indicates that the more connections each node has, the better.
- cognivore 12y ago>> I always wondered how much is in the interest of Twitter to get rid of fake accounts. << Mr. Eden there found out how to identify them quite nicely without having access to internal Twitter tech, so my guess is Twitter could have done the same, but hasn't. So I think the answer is, "not much."
- alimbada 12y agoI wonder if Twitter's hand can be forced to deal with bots by users running an automated bot identifier + spam reporter. Maybe a botnet of bot reporters... :)
- tempodox 12y agoHa, that does sound like fun. I think I might attempt to build something like that.
- photorized 12y agoIf you do, I will be happy to contribute the criteria for "fakeness". malatortsev at itrend dot tv