> “We look at patterns of accounts that are discussing the debate topics, and during the interview as well, that are posting the same or similar content or the same links repeatedly within five seconds of each other,” he says.
> If two accounts did this five times, the researchers took this as a sign that they were automated accounts.
It sounds like they were pretty specific in how they identified the bot accounts.
> If two accounts did this five times, the researchers took this as a sign that they were automated accounts.
It sounds like they were pretty specific in how they identified the bot accounts.