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Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by saghm on Thursday June 09, 2022 @10:59PM (#31689478)
> monetizable users that are bots, i.e., users that actually get shown ads.

Am I understanding this right? I would assume no matter how many ads you show a bot, they wouldn't end up buying anything. Or is the point that that those ad sales are not a reliable source of income since the people buying them would likely decide they weren't getting a good enough return?

Re:Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data by WoahNoun on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:08PM (#31689508)
Most ads are shown to users viewing tweets but don't tweet themselves. So the firehouse data is useless for finding bot among monetizable users.