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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

SO... I found an amazon turker task for a twitter bot farm that has you tweet influencer spam & add to social upheaval over bodegas. $0.25 https://t.co/HmoF8ZkpOb

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Please report task if you see it.Note: I suspect it's linked to tasks where you generate alternative phrasings. Don't do those anymore. https://t.co/06derQhAyh

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I"m not sure if that person is being target by a bot attack, or being propped up by a 3rd party. Please do not attack, they might be victim. https://t.co/mt1AuNgvOf

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

This has similar M.O. + appears to be evolution of troll farms, but open source insurgency style? Or a copy cat. https://t.co/HgKV7O18PR

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

They're probably a generic spam firm duped into RT the bodega thing to get it trending. These things are everywhere:https://t.co/TqOxd9FH0c

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

If you haven't been paying attention, it's an ecosystem.https://t.co/I41My8EMaO

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

I hate to tell you this, but a portion of your twitter feed is probably farmed out novelty accounts scraping reddit for cute pics. Big $$$

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

The more I look at the tweets: possible the bot farm is indiscriminately RTing anything about cats & it's possible the thing is coincidence.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Still suspicious about farm itself. Been trying to think of other possibilities. Strongest guess right now: front for stolen products.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm going to set up Alerts to try & catch more of these things; Hoping to see if there's larger trend or if it's someone's misbehaving toy.

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Are you paying attention yet?https://t.co/Mjg4JNGEjF

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Fake news, bot manipulation, the ever groping reach of ads clawing it's way into our world view... incentives.https://t.co/DUttfh8bNs

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

There are a lot suggestions to "google" things. Maybe an amplification attack to target + drain competitor's ad-spend for google keywords? https://t.co/nCLkxXTZPI

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Because i'm still mad at them for doing it, here's an example of a public brand doing something similar: https://t.co/LiSNLjJRtr

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Fox's Twitter account is newsjacking social media hate / anger at fake news for a fucking trailer. https://t.co/toTBImpJEncure this. https://t.co/VUd9J2KH0p

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