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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Apr 9

    emptywheel Retweeted Alex Howard

    Golly. And here we've been led to believe only Russians use bots.https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/983353046888480771 …

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    Alex HowardVerified account @digiphile
    In its new study, @PewResearch analyzed 1.2 million tweets sent by English language users with links to the 2,315 most popular websites sites during 6 weeks in summer 2017. Finding: 66% of tweeted links were posted or shared by automated accounts aka bots http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/04/09/bots-in-the-twittersphere/ … pic.twitter.com/c1huwPlUUw
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      2. Ray [REDACTED]‏ @RayRedacted Apr 9
        Replying to @emptywheel

        they are counting corporate services like Buffer and Gaggle Amp.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Apr 9
        Replying to @RayRedacted

        Yup. But that needs to be part of the discussion about the value (or not) of bots, no?

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      4. Ray [REDACTED]‏ @RayRedacted Apr 9
        Replying to @emptywheel

        well, I use Buffer but I am certainly not a bot. I wish they would break it out.

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      5. Booberry Morning‏ @MorningBluberry Apr 9
        Replying to @RayRedacted @emptywheel

        Generating headlines out of this study is kinda silly - see the examples they provide - but Buffer has been used by political operatives for amplification/trolling and someone was just caught doing that.pic.twitter.com/YJfJBfgvIf

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      6. Benjam‏ @benjamuniverse Apr 9
        Replying to @MorningBluberry @RayRedacted @emptywheel

        Sally Albright on behalf of an undisclosed client of hers.

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      1. murdoch davis‏ @murdochdavis Apr 9
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Pretty well every major org use automated social media posts. Comparing those to Russian or Macedonian bots pretending to be random human beings is like comparing makeup to cancer.

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      2. Pete Toemmes‏ @ptoemmes Apr 9
        Replying to @emptywheel

        While I usually hate captcha challenges (and imagine them on every tweet) I have to wonder the effect it would have on tweet bots - oh and realDonaldTrump

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      1. Brad Ferguson‏ @nanobrad Apr 9
        Replying to @emptywheel

        You have to understand. They're a bot-based culture.

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