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Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by fnord123 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @03:20AM (#13505472)
And bots that take twitter videos and post a streamable mirror? It seems similar enough that it would be on topic.

How do they sit with you? As videos on twitter don't seem to work at all, it's a great service, imo.

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Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by rmetzler on Saturday January 28, 2017 @08:19AM (#13506123)
There are "I'm here to provide a service" bots which are almost always named appropriately. Like a reddit bot that links to IMDB or Wikipedia or converts between metric and imperial units.

The bots or sock puppets or fake accounts I mentioned don't provide any other value than copying old front-page material and repost it a year or 2 later without any indication that this isn't their own material.

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