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re: Plot twist: Trump reinstatement twitter poll was a bot trap (UPDATE: I was right)

Posted on 11/20/22 at 12:09 am to
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 11/20/22 at 12:09 am to
ETA…..lots of epic failure for me tonight. This misdirected comment was intended for BoarEd immediately below.

Why would he seek a situation wherein Trump would let his voters down? Would Musk intentionally do such a thing?
This post was edited on 11/20/22 at 12:30 am
Posted by BoarEd
The Hills
Member since Oct 2015
38862 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 12:09 am to
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Update



Its clear this is what he was doing.


Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48993 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 12:22 am to
Fascinating to watch
Posted by lsuguy84
CO
Member since Feb 2009
19768 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 12:45 am to
How do they know who is a bot and who isn’t? How do they know what to look for? A certain algorithm or something?
Posted by TSLG
Member since Mar 2014
6724 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 2:19 am to
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Please explain this to me like I drive a $1200 1993 Chevy Caprice with $9000 30 inch rims.


Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
22782 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 2:35 am to
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My thought is a simple code that pops up randomly requiring the user to retype it within a set time would clean out bots


Because that only works for a very short time. The people on the other end that control the bots sometimes employ lots of third would country people to type in that shite for the bots.
Posted by RTRinTampa
Central FL
Member since Jan 2013
5532 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 7:51 am to
Correct. Troll farms are actual people at keyboards.
Posted by PeepNCroom
Member since May 2016
820 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 7:59 am to
You were offered free drugs in the local crack house, when you got there, you were not arrested, but law enforcement now has all your info, and will determine to arrest you in the future
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
30805 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 8:06 am to
We see it on here every election. This place gets literally invaded.

I bet chicken has some insight on the bots.
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
14294 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 8:15 am to
How can any of this be happening after the team of Twitter engineers walked out? The guy who launches rockets into space and built an electric car company doesn’t know how to run an internet chit chat thingie.
Posted by Tandemjay
Member since Jun 2022
2429 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 8:51 am to
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I told y’all, never trust a bot or a droid


Add never trust an American liberal to the list.
Posted by MidWestGuy
Illinois
Member since Nov 2018
782 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 9:27 am to
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How do they know who is a bot and who isn’t? How do they know what to look for? A certain algorithm or something?


That's what I want to know.

I've seen some (assumed) bots on YouTube comments. They create a user name similar to some popular channel owner, use the channels picture as theirs, and then offer a 'gift' to another commenter, with a link. Of course the 'gift' is some sort of scam that will require $ to obtain (shipping, etc).

Those are easy - you go to the scammers profile, and there is no info there, just these repeated same scam posts. Not sure how you could tell with a poll - maybe they can easily and automatically get a profile of the poll voter's content. If it fits a certain profile (reposting the same spammy stuff over and over, etc), it's labelled a 'bot'?
Posted by bamacoullion
Fayette, Alabama
Member since Oct 2008
1774 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 9:38 am to
Many different ID's with the exact same comments is a giveaway
Posted by JJJimmyJimJames
Southern States
Member since May 2020
18496 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 9:40 am to
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The man knew Trump would get the votes, adding Trump back adds traffic to his site, and doing it this way if Trump declines to come back to Twitter he’ll be letting those that voted for him down.

Kill multiple birds with 1 stone, the sly fox.

It's is almost like Ezra Cohen-Watnick was never singing "It's going down" with all of JFK's living grandchildren...
Posted by JJJimmyJimJames
Southern States
Member since May 2020
18496 posts
Posted on 11/20/22 at 10:01 am to
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We see it on here every election. This place gets literally invaded
You mean you didn't enjoy the instructional communism video sand the epic careers of Nacy Pelosi?
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