[ExI] twittebots?

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 15:58:30 UTC 2020


Do pardon me phony Scottish brogue.  I traced me family tree and found one
of the latest immigrants to the colonies, from Scotland in about the 1730s.

spike

*I have read that people from Ireland populated Scotland.  So add St.
Paddy's Day to Kwanzai for your holiday celebrations.  bill w*

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:54 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> >...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] twittebots?
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 14:03, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> Perhaps this is already being done.  How do we know this stuff we hear
> about on twitter isn’t already software-generated?
> >
>
>
> It has already been done.
>
> See: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_bot>
> Quote:
> >...Proper usage includes broadcasting helpful information, automatically
> generating interesting or creative content, and automatically replying to
> users via direct message. Improper usage includes circumventing API rate
> limits, violating user privacy, spamming and sockpuppeting.
> Concerns about political Twitter bots include the promulgation of
> malicious content, increased polarization, and the spreading of fake news.
> -------------
>
> BillK
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
> BillK, we missed ya bigtime, me lad.  Welcome back.  We have been
> struggling to cut down on our howling at the moon, in order to bring back
> our high-quality posters, such as you.  I have vowed to restrict my howling
> to only when the moon is full.
>
> Do pardon me phony Scottish brogue.  I traced me family tree and found one
> of the latest immigrants to the colonies, from Scotland in about the 1730s.
>
> spike
>
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