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Re:Twitter to label 'good' bot accounts by CharlesW on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:14PM (#28484508)
> Most bots aren't marketing bots, they're sort of... Goofs, or utilities, or projects.

In my experience those kinds of boutique/indie bots appear to make up a tiny percentage of total bots. If you have data that shows otherwise, I'd appreciate if you could share it.

Re:Twitter to label 'good' bot accounts by freeone3000 on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:49PM (#28484942)
They're the kind people engage with. There's obviously a lot more astroturfing and disinformation, but most corporate marketing on twitter is done by humans. Steak-Umm, Oreo, Microsoft, Wendy's, even indie game publishers have a human running their accounts.