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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by strangattractor on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:22PM (#33378088)
The problems with bots is they jack up advertisers cost and don't buy things and cannot be influenced. Follow the money.
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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by threeseed on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:12PM (#33379942)
There are bots on every platform and advertisers are well aware of them.

They simply factor them in as a cost of doing business.

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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by petesergeant on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:04PM (#33380596)
some will also increase engagement though
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