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originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
What do you need explaining for this? At the end of the day it is impossible to see if an account is staffed by a bot or a real person. The best way is to flag suspicious ones then force all of them to reverify.
Oh, I don't need it to be explained, but you did a great job.
Expressing a conservative point of view, on Twitter, makes you "suspicious."
Gestapo.
originally posted by: jimmyx
the serious part of all of this, krazyshot...well. serious to me, anyway...is that I haven't seen one trump voter admit to Russian bots being used to sway their votes...
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: knowledgehunter0986
a reply to: soundguy
вы не можете троллить лучше меня товарищ.
type in English or get the F out, you've already done this several times and the mods haven't done anything yet....are you typing instructions on how to destroy America, or telling your comrades secretly in America what the next operation is suppose to do
L O L ! ! ! !
Everyone look, more censorship!!
How about YOU post something of substance for once or get the F out?
Actually scratch that, because I don't want to turn into a closet dictator like you. Plus I'd rather you continue posting your ignorance because it is a great reminder of how fortunate I am to NOT be living in the same bubble as you.
And for that, спасибо товарищу!!!
read 15i of the terms and conditions of ATS, it says type in English, period...........and you talk of ignorance?????????
go away little man, and bother someone else you can lie to.....
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MotherMayEye
You are welcome to prove me wrong and show me Twitter's criteria for suspending these accounts, but until you do you really don't have a leg to stand on in support of this conspiracy. I already explained how this is standard IT protocol to clean up a systems' accounts. So you have to produce some damning evidence to show that this effort was anything but above the board. That is called denying ignorance, ma'am.
Show me that this conspiracy is more than just a conservative persecution complex.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Well I just put it to YOU to prove your conspiracy by producing Twitter's criteria for locking out the accounts and you aren't returning the favor either. To be honest, your claim is more outlandish than ours, and as they say, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Produce that criteria and stop worrying about what others aren't producing. Your conspiracy is still lacking in the evidence department regardless of what has been supplied to you.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Well you seem to be favoring the conspiracy theory as real. I'm merely siding with the likely series of events, ie Occam's Razor.
originally posted by: soundguy
So I read that twitter deleted hundreds of thousands Russian bot accounts last night. Apparently this action is having a massive impact on the mental health of the defectives on the right who thought they were real people.
Some of the replies are pure comedy gold. I heard a rumor that Hanity lost over 300,000 followers alone.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Well you seem to be favoring the conspiracy theory as real. I'm merely siding with the likely series of events, ie Occam's Razor.
Well, I am confident more than one person was involved in the decisions surrounding this purge.
Or, do you think it was just one rogue employee? I think Occam's Razor favors me if you do.
A Twitter spokesperson has now weighed in saying, "Twitter's tools are apolitical, and we enforce our rules without political bias. As part of our ongoing work in safety, we identify suspicious account behaviors that indicate automated activity or violations of our policies around having multiple accounts, or abuse. We also take action on any accounts we find that violate our terms of service, including asking account owners to confirm a phone number so we can confirm a human is behind it. That's why some people may be experiencing suspensions or locks. This is part of our ongoing, comprehensive efforts to make Twitter safer and healthier for everyone." The company also pointed to this page which details its enforcement actions.
Verifying account ownership: To ensure that violators do not abuse the anonymity we offer and harass others on the platform, we may require the account owner to verify ownership with a phone number or email address. This also helps us identify violators who are operating multiple accounts for abusive purposes and take action on such accounts.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Again. The effects don't HAVE to be equal if the number of bots favor one side or the other. This isn't Communism where everyone gets the same treatment.
If there are 100 liberal bots and 1000 conservative bots then the purge would be conservative biased even if the algorithm detecting the bots is programmed apolitically. This is true for the reverse as well.
If we were to follow your idea then 100 liberal bots and 100 conservative bots would be deleted and 900 conservative bots would remain. That is dumb.
This is just common sense.