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As the Musk-Twitter Deal Falls Apart We Ask, Just What Are These 'Bots' That Elon is Concerned About Anyway?
Red State ^ | 07/09/2022 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 07/09/2022 8:50:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Engedi; BipolarBob
Marco Williams is a documentary filmmaker and professor of film production at Northwestern University.

He's also a "bot" I made up for purely illustrative purposes.

Regards,

21 posted on 07/10/2022 6:30:02 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek; Engedi

Okay, now I get it. Thanks for the explanation. True story here. Yesterday I got a letter in the mail saying my vehicle warranty was getting ready to be voided. As long as I keep my scheduled maintenance, this should not be. I was mad. I furiously looked through my records and I am in compliance. This looks to be from my dealer that I bought it from and who services my vehicle. It’s got their name all over it. CLOSER looking, it’s really from one of those telescammers wanting to sell me an extended warranty. Pretty deceptive. I figured it out while I was on hold from calling them back. Then I hung up. Scammers never sleep.


22 posted on 07/10/2022 6:38:11 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Noah was called a conspiracy theorist by CNN . . . and then it rained.)
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To: SeekAndFind

my guess is that Musk knew all along how prevalent the bots are on Twitter. Still, he is shrewd. And I figure what he knew plus all the legalities of misrepresentations, etc., etc. will serve him well.


23 posted on 07/10/2022 6:39:27 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: BipolarBob; alexander_busek

I think Mr busek was mimicking a bot. That’s the kind of language you often see from a bot in an effort to persuade another person to buy/sell/believe/disbelieve a particular thing.

I do think he was honest in his appraisal of your comment...”That’s a very perceptive remark!”


24 posted on 07/10/2022 6:40:10 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

Thanks, I get it now. But it shoots his “You’re very perceptive” theory all to smithereens.


25 posted on 07/10/2022 6:43:15 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Noah was called a conspiracy theorist by CNN . . . and then it rained.)
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To: MinorityRepublican; SeekAndFind
it’s a Russian dude in his underwear who’s simultaneously tweeting to 5,000 other people.

Thanks for that image.

He's messing with you.
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There's no underwear.


26 posted on 07/10/2022 6:54:38 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

How does he get in/out of the toilet? Maybe a couple guys with boat paddles help shoe horn style?


27 posted on 07/10/2022 7:32:27 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Farmerbob
How does he get in/out of the toilet? Maybe a couple guys with boat paddles help shoe horn style?

I think he may be at the toilet in that pic.

28 posted on 07/10/2022 7:36:48 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: SeekAndFind
When I was on Twitter, I had many of these bots randomly follow me with handles like @meghanpatriot447392.

Then I had the creepy "Hi, how are you?" DMs as soon as I followed back some of them. Those got immediately unfollowed and blocked.

I eventually learned that most handles with a bunch of numbers in them are not real people.

29 posted on 07/10/2022 7:45:01 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,466,475 active users on Truth Social)
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To: SeekAndFind
Elon Musk says he’s not buying Twitter for $44 billion because of all the bots & fake accounts. Twitter says it’s suing him to compel purchase. I’d bet on a lower purchase price being negotiated before all is done here.

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 8, 2022

That would be my bet also.

30 posted on 07/10/2022 8:26:44 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

They help build consensus by creating “trending news”.

Cia brainwashing stuff


31 posted on 07/10/2022 8:27:52 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: TBP

And Trump’s comment regarding Musk may have been to actually help Musk. A little theater to put ‘distance’ between Musk & Trump so the Twitterites won’t emotionally dig in their heels during these negotiations.


32 posted on 07/10/2022 8:36:07 AM PDT by Reily
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To: mowowie

Bots greatly help shape the current narrative.

Controled by bad people


33 posted on 07/10/2022 8:37:34 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Reily

Trump has said that even if Musk’s acquisition of Twitter goes through and he’s reinstated (which he should be), he’s not coming back. He should — for one tweet. Then he gets the lefties looking for more, and nothing happens. Play with their heads.


34 posted on 07/10/2022 8:38:09 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

I never claimed it was all designed to get Trump back on Twitter. If it really was a “ploy” it was to help Musk on the immediate problem - the negotiations. Trump on Twitter is mostly irrelevant. Musk taking over Twitter (or not!) and thus striking a blow against the Tech Left’s monolithic control of social media is relevant.

The Musk-Twitter negotiations even ending with Musk failing to take over Twitter could be a win. It could so damage Twitter financially that it would collapse.


35 posted on 07/10/2022 9:18:13 AM PDT by Reily
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To: SeekAndFind

Twitter claims to remove more than 1 million spam accounts per day

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/twitter-claims-removal-million-spam-accounts


36 posted on 07/10/2022 2:23:52 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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37 posted on 07/10/2022 6:21:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This article thrills me. Explains completely what I was only kind of sure about.


38 posted on 07/11/2022 2:43:39 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

That is exactly the issue.

On a truly business standpoint, all these social media platforms depend on advertisers to make money. Businesses either sign-up to advertise for clicks or views. Ideally, the advertiser sets the demographic, but after that one really has no idea what is happening to properly gauge ROI.

Twitter, Meta, etc. have no motivation to remove the ‘bots.’ They make their money off the price per click or view. The average user or consumer does not pay to be on these platforms. These platforms make money through advertisers using the platform.

It amazes me how many small businesses get sucked into spending lots of money and never know exactly where their money is getting spent. How many clicks are from ‘bots?’ How many comments are from meaningless bots that cost them money?

How many of those ‘bots’ are actually Twitter itself defrauding the advertiser?

So, from a business to business sale Musk has legit concerns. A bot hoping on an advertisers thread and engaging with comments can cost a business thousands of dollars. All of which end up in Twitter’s pocket.

Quite a nice racket eh?


39 posted on 07/11/2022 3:08:01 AM PDT by EBH (Let God Sort Them Out. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: BipolarBob

IIRC, it was something like bots that sabotaged Rush at one time. (I’m not sure if the term, “bot” had been invented then.) Thousands of “people” were trying to take him down because of something he said and he was pretty upset. Turns out it was about 10 actual people and their automated algorithms.

That’s the first time I ever heard this could be done. Almost unbelieveable at the time.


40 posted on 07/11/2022 3:50:15 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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