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   Rob Landley (landley@mstdn.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:00:22 JST Rob Landley

   Researcher concludes at least 1/3 of ex-twitter's remaining traffic is bots disguised as people. (And that's just a lower bound.)

   https://youtu.be/GZ5XN_mJE8Y

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:00:21 JST Rich Felker

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     @landley Yes, a lower bound. Almost certainly more like 98%.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:00:59 JST Rich Felker

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     @landley It was at least 60% bot traffic even before he bought it.

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     Rob Landley (landley@mstdn.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:32:30 JST Rob Landley

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias I have no idea why you're arguing that his cold feet excuses about buying the thing were right. Or that he didn't make the place significantly worse.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 22:32:30 JST Rich Felker

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     @landley This was known way before he made the excuse, and before the initial offer, by everyone including him. The excuse was bad faith because he already knew it.