WHOLE 'NOTHER (BOT) THANG
Not Russian, Floridian! A source of millions of bots...
If you haven't read this amazing investigative report, please look at it.
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This amazing NYTimes investigative report uncovers whole new dimensions of the bot-ocracy. Not getting enough "likes" on your brilliant Twitter account? Just buy 10,000 more for a pittance!
And who's to say the Russians aren't getting some of their ubiquitous bots from this American scam machine? Oh, it's a winding trail we travel.
Olde Scooter's Botmania Symptoms
If They Can Do This to Twitter
The Russians Really Like My Blog
50,000 Twitter Bots and Counting
The Russians are (still) here! The Russians are (still) here!
Rebuttal (to some rudenecks)
Cluster Trolls
Obsession Cured (not!)
Obsessed? Who Me?
Classic NASTYBOT Examples
NASTYBOTS
Olde Scooter Predicts
My New Compassion - Reconciliation
They Are Whuppin' Our Butts In the Propaganda War
Looking for Bots in All The Wrong Places
Bot Spotting - Seriously
How to Spot a Bot+
Olde Scooter's Botmania Symptoms
If They Can Do This to Twitter
The Russians Really Like My Blog
50,000 Twitter Bots and Counting
The Russians are (still) here! The Russians are (still) here!
Rebuttal (to some rudenecks)
Cluster Trolls
Obsession Cured (not!)
Obsessed? Who Me?
Classic NASTYBOT Examples
NASTYBOTS
Olde Scooter Predicts
My New Compassion - Reconciliation
They Are Whuppin' Our Butts In the Propaganda War
Looking for Bots in All The Wrong Places
Bot Spotting - Seriously
How to Spot a Bot+
BTW This NYTimes web report above is a brilliantly done production. Great graphics, clear and powerful. Wonderful sequencing and interactivity. Totally fun, even if you find bots boring.
The Reporters: Reporting was contributed by Manuela Andreoni, Jeremy Ashkenas, Laurent Bastien Corbeil, Nic Dias, Elise Hansen, Michael Keller, Manuel Villa and Felipe Villamor. Research was contributed by Susan C. Beachy, Doris Burke and Alain Delaquérière.
Design and development by Danny DeBelius and Richard Harris. Art direction by Antonio De Luca and Jason Fujikuni. Illustration photo credits: Ireland, Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Lewis, D Dipasupil/FilmMagic; Leguizamo, Amanda Edwards/WireImage, via Getty Images; Ingle, Morgan Rachel Levy for The New York Times.
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