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Twitter bots are automated user accounts that interact with Twitter using an application programming interface (API). These bots can be programmed to perform tasks normally associated with human ...

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You know Twitter spamwhen you see it—but sweet mercy, wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to see it? Unfortunately, email-style filters, which analyze message contents, are of little help. Due to ...

While the 'bad boys' on the hit TV show COPS and bad bots may only have a few things in common, one main difference stands between the two. On COPS, you know exactly who the criminals are; they look, ...

Is that hottie really just a bottie? Here are six ways you can tell the difference between real and fake accounts on Twitter. So I logged onto my favorite microblogging service a few days ago and was ...

I like to spend my one wild and precious life arguing with strangers in Twitter reply threads. But I want them to be real strangers, not bots, spammers, or fake identities. I don’t want to waste any ...