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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by fullshark on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:56AM (#31368491)
He breaks, says his independent investigation says 5-30% of Twitter is bots. Price tanks even further than natural market would dictate. Buy at a much lower price.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by rightbyte on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:21AM (#31368788)
There is no way the bot share is so low among active users? When I look at replies to some celeb tweet there are so many obvious bots.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by swores on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:05PM (#31370105)
And yet you've probably never seen my tweets, because I'm generally not replying to celebs' tweets. Bots (owners) are trying harder than most people to maximise their visibility before getting banned, so it's expected that you would notice a higher proportion than they actually represent. That's not to say I have any reason to think the bot share isn't higher, just I don't think it's possible for any single person to judge anywhere near accurately considering the huge scale of Twitter and that therefore any one of us users is only seeing a tiny, tiny fraction of the accounts/tweets being posted.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by rtkwe on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:32PM (#31372243)
Maybe consider where you're looking is more likely to attract bot replies? It's like an NFT discord you're more likely to see spam for eventual rugs because they're hunting people already proven to be likely to invest in stupid NFTs. Step off celebrity twitter and there's a lot less bot activity because it's less profitable to spam there.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by abnry on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:08PM (#31370154)
Conditional probabilities. Celeb replies is the most likely place you'll find bots.
Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by elliekelly on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:37PM (#31369744)
I'm dying to know how they're defining "bots" for this purpose and whether it's specifically defined in the agreement. I suspect a (perhaps feigned) argument over the scope of the definition will be the deal's undoing.