Billionaires like this are able to express their political views freely without fear of repercussions. But many people are not. The ability to speak anonymously/ pseudonymously has long been crucial to the safety of many people or important arguments (see the Federalist Papers)https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/957686987229618176 …
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The worries about bots are not about theoretically perfect anonymity, but de facto. I 100% believe that bots and fake traffic can influence editorial decisions. Think about the amount of free air time Trump recieved July 2015-Jan 2016 -- possible any of that related to artifice?
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I'm going to defer this conversation. But when I return to it I will 100% defend the case that treating bots differently than anon human sources is naive.
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I'm constantly locked for automated behavior. They can't figure out who's a bot.
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