Why are there so many pornographic reply bots on Twitter?

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Anyone who’s spent time on Twitter in the past few months especially has probably run into or at least heard of the “P U S S Y I N B I O”-type replies that posts regularly seem to attract.

Why are they so prevalent? Are they actually so successful that it’s worthwhile to do this? I do not understand who benefits from these, because there cannot be so many people clicking on these links that they’re effective… Can there?

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Because bots cost next to nothing, so you don’t need many to respond. Only one person responding out of a million might be enough to cover your costs.

That is why e.g. you did not see a lot of spam calls on mobile until lately: Calling mobile was just too expensive. Now that costs have come down and Whatsapp & Co. exist, everything is filled with spam.

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