Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted October 18, 2016 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 18, 2016 But it's all rigged A third of pro-Trump tweets are generated by bots Donald Trump is more popular than Hillary Clinton on Twitter -- with both humans and machines. University researchers who track political activity on Twitter have found that traffic on pro-Trump hashtags was twice as high as pro-Clinton hashtags during the first presidential debate. But the team of academics, led by Oxford University professor Philip Howard, also found that 33% of pro-Trump traffic was driven by bots and highly automated accounts, compared to 22% for Clinton. Bots are automated social media accounts that interact with other users. Some are able to answer basic questions and serve a customer service function, but they can also be used to spam and harass people. Howard and his team based their conclusions, which have not been peer reviewed, on 9 million tweets posted around the time of the September 26 debate. They tracked activity on popular pro-Trump hashtags including #AmericaFirst, #ImWithYou, #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, and #NeverHillary, as well as pro-Clinton hashtags #ImWithHer, #NeverTrump, #WhyIWantHillary and #HillarysArmy. Twitter accounts that display suspicious activity, such as posting more than 50 messages a day, are likely to be bots, according to the researchers. "We don't know who generates the bots -- if it's the campaigns, supporters, the candidates," Howard told CNNMoney. Related: Obama has his own Facebook Messenger bot The research showed that Trump would be "winning" on Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) even without the automated messages. "If you removed all the bots, it would seem that Trump is still more popular and has more traffic," Howard said. Howard is part of a team studying computational propaganda at Oxford that has examined the role of political bots in elections in Mexico and Venezuela, as well as the Brexit vote in the U.K. "The takeaway is that we should be skeptical about social media," he said. "Politicians use bots to influence debate, it's often a form of negative campaign, because in many cases these bots can be very vicious." Who's donating to Trump? This bot will tell you. Messages and tweets from well designed bots are increasingly indistinguishable from those sent by real people, and they are becoming a popular way for companies to communicate with customers. In April, Facebook (FB, Tech30) launched Bots for Messenger, a service that allows users to access everything from weather updates to shopping notifications through its messaging app. http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/18/technology/twitter-bots-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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motonoggin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Clinton has been doing the same thing since early primary season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rod Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Zambroski said: Wanna fuck me? I don't think he's into women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, Sludgey said: I don't think he's into women I bet he was eyeing up that chicken though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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motonoggin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Astroturf ‘Outrage Machine’ of Paid Trolls Floods Social Media to Counteract Negative News About Hillary Clinton https://stream.org/astroturf-outrage-machine-of-paid-trolls-floods-social-media-to-counteract-negative-news-about-hillary-clinton/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hillary has spent millions on paid trolls. This is nothing new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 1 minute ago, Sludgey said: Hillary has spent millions on paid trolls. This is nothing new You got to love the Trump rally violence agitators posed as Bernie people to make Bernie followers look bad while they were paid by the lying CUNTS campaign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 University researchers who track political activity on Twitter have found that traffic on pro-Trump hashtags was twice as high as pro-Clinton hashtags during the first presidential debate. But the team of academics, led by Oxford University professor Philip Howard, also found that 33% of pro-Trump traffic was driven by bots and highly automated accounts, compared to 22% for Clinton so according to your stats trump is still getting 60% more human pro trump hash tags than Clinton. ok what is your point? thanks for sharing this waste of time though . are u given money per copy past or just pure number of posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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motonoggin Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 6 minutes ago, oleroule said: It's not nice to make fun of someone's sexual preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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