Posted on 08/05/2018 9:44:11 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Twitter is having trouble distinguishing between bots trying to meddle in U.S. politics and fervent supporters of President Trump who tweet very often.
The micro-blogging company — which has purged fake or suspicious accounts at a rate of 1 million per day for the past three months, including 70 million accounts in May and June alone — has come under fire along with Facebook for sweeping up ordinary and non-robotic accounts in their efforts to prevent Russian disinformation.
For instance, 70-year-old Nina Tomasieski spends up to 14 hours per day tweeting the praises of President Trump and his allies while her television is tuned to Fox News Channel.
“Please get up, get out and vote for Troy Balderson. @POTUS is counting on you and so is all of America,” a recent tweet said, imploring voters to support the man endorsed by Trump for Ohio’s District 12 special election on Tuesday.
Tomasieski, who lives in Tennessee, is part of a contingent of eager "Make America Great Again" supporters who enthusiastically tweet and retweet on behalf of the Trump administration and other Republican candidates across the U.S. at a rapid-fire pace.
Twitter has repeatedly and erroneously flagged her account and users like her for “suspicious” behavior — likely because of the frequency and relentlessness of their tweets.
“Almost all of us are considered a bot,” Tomasieski, who has more than 50,000 followers on Twitter, told the Associated Press.
Cynthia Smith has also been locked out of her account and “shadow banned,” which means her tweets were not as visible to other users.
“I’m a gal in Southern California,” Smith said. “I am no bot.”
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https://twitter.com/MAGANinaJo/status/1026176906637574145
I’ve seen liberal bot brigades being ignored...
But someone who is a not a bot.. gets banned for being a bot..
> Twitter is having trouble distinguishing between bots trying to meddle in U.S. politics and fervent supporters of President Trump who tweet very often.
Fake news. Twitter is using supposed bot removal as an excuse to censor Trump supporters.
Both platforms don’t want you there. Why do you bother?
Stop using them, they lose value.
Duh.
Also: Facebook and Twitter are SO concerned about Russian blah blah blah.
Drop it.
#Walkaway from Twitter/Facebook.
much news is made of the “fake accounts” following Trump that were banned/nuked. 3x as many fake accounts following Obama also got the ban hammer and even more fake accounts that were “following” Hollywood music and movie celebs.
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#fakebook
Smells like the Maduro “assassination attempt”. An excuse to crack down on the opposition.
All conservative tweeters are bots. Let’s git ‘em.
Fake news. Twitter is using supposed bot removal as an excuse to censor Trump supporters.
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Correctamundo
It’s not “trouble distinguishing.” It’s deliberate. Words like “MAGA,” “jail hillary,” “build the wall” get you flagged and demoted.
Correct bump
Who wants their timeline flooded with noise from irresponsible idiots who tweet the same stuff every couple of minutes, anyway?
Follow the money.
The IRS destroying the Tea Party in 2012 was only a test
If Republicans hold both house and senate, Trump will have 2 years to take revenge. And he will do it.
“Twitter keeps this up they’ll be explaining their misdeeds to both the FEC and FTC. And so will Facebook and Alphabet, Inc. (Google).”
Might see the mouthpieces hold some hearings but nothing will be done in the end.
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