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Research into Twitter Bots

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There are a lot of them.

In a world where the number of fans, friends, followers, and likers are social currency—and where the number of reposts is a measure of popularity—this kind of gaming the system is inevitable.

EDITED TO ADD (2/13): Here’s the original paper.

Tags: fraud, reputation, spam, Twitter

Posted on January 27, 2017 at 6:18 AM • 16 Comments

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