– How do the “P***Y I N B I O” bots on Twitter / X actually work as a business model?

Question

(Obviously I am not five so you can explain this as if I am a dumb 27 year old). These bots reply to any even vaguely popular post now, but how are they making anyone money? Just from impressions? Are people fooled by them? Is money changing hands?

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Answer 1

There was an article in the New Yorker a few weeks ago explaining exactly this: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/who-is-behind-all-the-pussy-in-bio-porn-spam-on-x.html