why do bots exist and with all the verification methods available, why are they still prevalent?
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many bots didn’t start out that way, and originally were accounts from actual real human beings who made accounts and maybe even maintained them until they were hacked/stolen/repurposed.
twitter is a great example of this. countless people make accounts, post like 3 times, then leave, but since the account has been around for 5-10 years, it gets around the algorithmic restrictions that a bajillion new accounts have, and with enough followers plugged into it artificially, it can be used to tweet out random bullshit, canned replies to certain topics, and to boost other bots.
I’d honestly wager more bots nowadays are these hacked accounts, more than they are freshly made.
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