Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting Them Down Themselves

Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by zeth___ on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:43AM (#16616698)

Begging the question: what's the point of instagram and snapchat.

Explain this as though I'm a luddite who thinks command line email is better than bbs, irc, and everything else.

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Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by RandallBrown on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:18AM (#16618467)

The point of them is like any social interaction. To be entertained and connect with people.

I mostly only follow my friends on social media, but I can understand the appeal of seeing in to the lives of your favorite celebrities.

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Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by jshevek on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:49AM (#16616937)

I don't see how that is "begging the question", which means "to assume the truth of the conclusion of an argument in the premises in order for the conclusion to follow."

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Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by auxbuss on Monday March 19, 2018 @06:39AM (#16617390)

"begging the question" is also commonly used to mean: to raise a point for debate.

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