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A comment on Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists.

Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by josteink on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:54AM (#18238973)
How about they proceed to ban bots instead?

That would IMO make twitter much more useful, but of course it would kill 95% of their “user base” and traffic.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by OldJackHinson on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:55AM (#18240277)
Well, part of the basis of this "campaign" is that the people they are satirizing are indistinguishable from "bots"...
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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by rc_bhg on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:33PM (#18242140)
4chan is too stupid to tell the difference between a bot and a liberal
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