Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold
by moduspol on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:10PM
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Do they even define "users"?
I'm a lurker on Twitter. I follow people but don't tweet. Do I count as a user? My behavior is probably difficult to discern from a bot (using a third party app).
The bots everyone is concerned about are the ones tweeting, but there are probably all kinds of "legitimate" bots, like the ones that tweet when Apple pushes a software update, or something goes on sale on Steam.
That 5% number may be describing the "legitimate" bots, while what everyone cares about is the illegitimate ones.
I'm a lurker on Twitter. I follow people but don't tweet. Do I count as a user? My behavior is probably difficult to discern from a bot (using a third party app).
The bots everyone is concerned about are the ones tweeting, but there are probably all kinds of "legitimate" bots, like the ones that tweet when Apple pushes a software update, or something goes on sale on Steam.
That 5% number may be describing the "legitimate" bots, while what everyone cares about is the illegitimate ones.