Twitterbots
Twitterbot A Twitterbot sometimes spelled as ‘Twitter bot’ is a software program that sends out automated posts on Twitter. Most Twitterbots work simply, sending out tweets periodically or responding to instances of specific phrases in user messages. More sophisticated Twitterbots perform various tasks, such as mining and analysing tweets in real time, for example Social-Bot program, incorporate artificial intelligence AI and sophisticated linguistic software to convincingly replicate human interaction. Many Twitterbots are specialized for various purposes. Depending on what the particular purpose is, Twitterbots can be useful, informative, annoying, or dangerous just like human tweeters. There are spambots and bots designed to promote products, brands, and political candidates among a vast number of other possibilities. According to Ian Urbina, writing in The New York Times, on average, only 35 percent of the followers of any Twitter account are actual people. The remaining 65 per