Twitter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===X bots=== {{main|Twitter bot}} An X bot is a computer program that can automatically post, repost, and follow other accounts. X's open [[application programming interface]] and the availability of cloud servers make it possible for X bots to exist within the social networking site.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dubbin |first=Rob |title=The Rise Of Twitter Bots |url= https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/the-rise-of-twitter-bots.html |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=May 15, 2014}}</ref> Benign X bots may generate creative content and relevant product updates, whereas malicious bots can make unpopular people seem popular, push irrelevant products on users, and spread misinformation, spam or slander.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Miners|first=Zach|title=Bot or Not? Researchers make an app to sniff out bots on Twitter|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2151900/is-that-twitter-account-a-bot-researchers-make-app-to-find-out.html |magazine=PC World|access-date=May 15, 2014|date=May 6, 2014}}</ref> Bots amass significant influence and have been noted to sway elections, influence the stock market, appeal to the public, and attack governments.<ref>{{cite news|last=Urbina|first=Ian|title=I Flirt and Tweet. Follow Me at No. Socialbot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/sunday-review/i-flirt-and-tweet-follow-me-at-socialbot.html |work=The New York Times|access-date=May 15, 2014|date=August 10, 2013}}</ref> {{As of|2013}}, Twitter said there were 20 million fake accounts on Twitter, representing less than 5% of active users.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'onfro |first=Jillian |date=October 4, 2013 |title=Twitter Admits 5% Of Its 'Users' Are Fake |url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Twitter-Admits-5-Of-Its-Users-Are-Fake/articleshow/23479699.cms |access-date=May 15, 2014 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> A 2020 estimate put the figure at 15% of all accounts or around 48 million accounts.<ref name=Rodriguez>{{cite journal |last1=Rodrıguez-Ruiz |first1=Jorge |last2=Mata-Sanchez |first2=Javier Israel |last3=Monroy |first3=Raul |last4=Loyola-Gonzalez |first4=Octavio |last5=Ĺopez-Cuevas |first5=Armando |date=April 2020 |title=A one-class classification approach for bot detection on Twitter |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404820300031 |journal=Computers & Security |volume=91 |page=101715 |doi=10.1016/j.cose.2020.101715 |s2cid=212689495 |access-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page