Bots are all around us,and they can serve a number of purposes, both obedient and bad. But just how common are they?In the context of ongoing debates over the role and nature of bots, and Pew Research middle set out to better understand how many of the links being shared on Twitter are being promoted by bots rather than humans.
Our analysis found that an estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not humans.
Bots in the Twittersphere
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