{"id":32,"date":"2020-01-09T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.act4apps.org\/?p=32"},"modified":"2020-11-18T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T10:28:56","slug":"are-your-twitter-followers-actually-robots-recognize-twitter-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.act4apps.org\/are-your-twitter-followers-actually-robots-recognize-twitter-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Your Twitter Followers Actually Robots? \u2013 Recognize Twitter Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it comes to Twitter’s popularity account. The more followers a user has, the merrier, right? False. A study of Twitter accounts of the major companies showed that about half of their supporters could be generated by robots or robots. So next time you think you have a Twitter exchange with a human being, think again.
\nFirst, what is a Twitter bot? A bot is an account that follows you, trying to make you click on affiliate links, or just trying to teach you to follow for fun. fake accounts on Twitter are a bustling business, so when you see the report and report spam.<\/p>\n
The study, conducted by Marco Camisani Calzolari, a communications professor at Milan, found that up to 46% of Twitter followers of companies were actually being generated by bots or were themselves bots. “The number of followers is a valid indicator of the popularity of a Twitter user, and can not be analyzed separately from qualitative information,” said Calzolari.<\/p>\n
Despite the prevalence of bots Twitter, many marketers are still using the tracking number as a measure of the success of their Twitter activity. Unfortunately, these days, it does little to prove the actual value.<\/p>\n
It is clear that the robots are pesky, skewing the relevance of your Twitter account, and are difficult to spot. So how can you recognize the bots? Here are some things to watch for:<\/p>\n
When you tweet about a specific topic on car insurance for example and are immediately followed and response in mili-seconds – it is very likely a bot. Bots are automated to meet a specific keyword or key phrase.<\/p>\n