I thought Twitter wasn't keeping bots data according to what they said when Elon Musk accused them to withholding data?
How'd they know it is "worse than ever".
> “We look at patterns of accounts that are discussing the debate topics, and during the interview as well, that are posting the same or similar content or the same links repeatedly within five seconds of each other,” he says.
> If two accounts did this five times, the researchers took this as a sign that they were automated accounts.
It sounds like they were pretty specific in how they identified the bot accounts.
Just finger in the air, based on events and social media comments since 2020 election
Like I could say "tens of millions" of Democrats would still support Biden even if deem mental unfit for office, against Trump
* At leat 30% of the voters, on both sides, of 2020 will not be moved by any new fact
* In recent polls half Republican party still supports Trump. The Trump saga is so beaten up at this point, you would really have to believe Trump to keep it going
* This new indictments help Trump, by giving media coverage. And because distrust between authority/justice and Republicans
* This post analysis PDF also shows that the most liked, and retweeted, tweets are from verified accounts that support Trump views
So between 30% and 50% of 74 million people seems to support Trump's views
But to complete my original point, the bots identified look like budget "news channels", that also parrot those same views. That rightfully, or not, get labeled as "conspiracy theory" and "fake news"
I assume the bots are counted in ad metrics, so at what point does it become fraud?