Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by pclmulqdq on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:00PM
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Musk's "army of shills" are at least real people who believe in his companies. I think the parent was commenting about account farms that tweet the same thing over and over on thousands of accounts. That is a big problem on Twitter, and it lets people manufacture consensus artificially (which is then picked up by journos).
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by phendrenad2 on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:17PM
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You're 100% right. There are tons of bots on twitter spamming the same exact message over and over. Most aren't political. Try searching for "4k monitor", you'll find thousands of bot accounts tweeting the latest 4k monitor deals. It's a form of advertisement that leeches on twitter's service without paying twitter the usual advertising fee. Not sure why Twitter's ARMY of software developers can't figure this one out, but maybe the threat of a new boss with an eye for incompetence will get them to do some actual work on the issue.
Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by whimsicalism on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:20PM
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I think most people who people think are shills on Twitter are actually real people. This is the problem with all of the "quick fixes" y'all are suggesting, unless Twitter adds a downvote button.