It's getting ever harder to identify bots, not just because they're acting more like humans, but also because humans are acting more like bots.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Please pass on any bots you find as I have NO idea how they work, how one could identify them. Curious.
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Replying to @philosophicweb
You can use this programme to show you the probability that a certain Twitter handle is a bot: http://botornot.co/
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @philosophicweb
Actually, this programme is easier to use. Just type in a Twitter handle and it will tell you how likely it is to be a bot. https://botometer.iuni.iu.edu/#!/
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @philosophicweb
One way to search for bots is to write nonsensical messages with keywords like "Trump", "Putin", "NATO", "Kekistan", etc. Some bots are configured to trigger upon mention of these words, regardless of whether the message itself makes sense. Happy fishing.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Do bots write responses to tweets in response to them?
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Some do. What makes bots so hard to identify is that there is no such thing as standard bot behaviour. They're programmed to react in so many different ways.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @philosophicweb
If the bots are using the Twitter streaming API (and it still works the way it did years ago), then they'll only see a subset of live tweets
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