820 Geoff Golberg sues Twitter for deleting his profile | Data researcher Geoff Golberg, who has uncovered armies of Twitter bots and inauthentic accounts, was swiftly removed from Twitter (decrypt.co) posted 1 year ago by BakeRatDotWin 1 year ago by BakeRatDotWin +820 / -0 6 comments share 6 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (6) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 14 ▼ – jgardner 14 points 1 year ago +14 / -0 We who have been data mining Twitter have known it is a place where bots post. There is very little genuine people on there. This is not news. permalink save report block reply ▲ 7 ▼ – charlier999 7 points 1 year ago +7 / -0 But most people who are not active on Twitter or don't have Twitter don't know how bad the bot problem is. Their thinking is on the line of "it is only a few accounts" when in reality, it is half of the accounts on the sight. permalink parent save report block reply
We who have been data mining Twitter have known it is a place where bots post. There is very little genuine people on there. This is not news.
But most people who are not active on Twitter or don't have Twitter don't know how bad the bot problem is. Their thinking is on the line of "it is only a few accounts" when in reality, it is half of the accounts on the sight.