Elon Musk has promised to clean up Twitter by showing the world why it boosts some tweets above others and purging it of automated accounts. But Musk himself has been a beneficiary of mechanized boosting, researchers say.
But Musk himself has been a beneficiary of mechanized boosting, researchers say, including through
of posts. Some experts are pointing out that Musk himself probably has millions of “fanbots” among his 91.3 million Twitter followers. Bots can drive real-world behavior in multiple ways, increasing popularity or encouraging direct abuse by humans. “It just creates a pile-on,” Glaser said. “When it looks like everyone is doing it, it’s easier for one more person to do it.”Musk’s multifaceted activity would attract spammers without any help from the man himself, and there is no evidence he sought or coordinated their actions.
But it is reasonable to wonder whether a Tesla contractor or subcontractor is responsible for some of the pro-Musk tweets, says University of Maryland professor David Kirsch, who this month will present the first of three papers examining bot influence on Tesla’s fans and share prices.The main other class of suspects would be “individual shareholders or pro-Tesla individuals who have the tech skills to do this,” Kirsch said.
Apple and Amazon have comparable levels of bot activity, Kirsch said, but those boosters were more likely to include other stock symbols and refer to wider market movements, whereas Tesla pumpers were more likely to refer to Tesla products, or Musk, or the specific company’s prospects.
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