Friday 1 September 2017

Twitter has a big bot problem

 Twitter bots – robots that interact with humans – have a long history. The Twitter API is fairly easy to use (I made a bot that plays Zork with a friend two years ago) and there is little protection against creating new accounts automatically. This ease of use used to be great for programmers but now Twitter has a huge bot problem. Bots have expanded beyond the traditional tactics.… Read More

source https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/01/twitter-has-a-big-bot-problem/?ncid=rss

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