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Maraya1969

(22,483 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:54 AM Jan 2018

I figured out another way to identify Russian bots on Twitter

I checked out the hashtag, #Releasethememo" and found this user pushing is. I went to their page and saw that they joined July 2014 or 42 months ago.

Then I saw the number of Tweets - 49,400

So I took that number and divided it by the number of months and days they were a member and got that they made about

1,176 Tweets a month or about

40 Tweets a day.

This person is not a journalist. Even so I checked Seth Anderson's profile and even with his very long threads he only averaged 25 Tweets a day

https://twitter.com/sstampanderson

Another note about numbers. This 'Susan Anderson" is not a celebrity but she has 1,715 followers and only follows 153 people. I bet most of those followers are other bots or

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I figured out another way to identify Russian bots on Twitter (Original Post) Maraya1969 Jan 2018 OP

Good work! Keep digging Beakybird Jan 2018 #1

Good information 4now Jan 2018 #2

Good work. Thanks. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #3

The followers on the high follower bots usually The_Casual_Observer Jan 2018 #4

Yeah....that is a giveaway. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #6

I've been reporting them and Twitter closes them down. L. Coyote Jan 2018 #5

What are some of the rules that Cha Jan 2018 #7

Disrespectful, offensive, targeted harassment, hatred, threatening, .... L. Coyote Jan 2018 #10

Mahalo, LC Cha Jan 2018 #11

K&R, simple and fast way to tell ... why isn't twitter doing the same simple thing ?!?! uponit7771 Jan 2018 #8

Terrifying! Johnny2X2X Jan 2018 #9

thanks, i reported. trueblue2007 Jan 2018 #12

Here is another one. 1,402 Tweets/month 47 Tweets/day Member since 2014 Maraya1969 Jan 2018 #13

116 Tweets a day !!!!! Seriously Twitter is not doing their damn job! Maraya1969 Jan 2018 #14

OMG the blather of nothing she says on this video! She may not be a robot but she's a damn Russian Maraya1969 Jan 2018 #15

I have bots who follow me LeftInTX Jan 2018 #16

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

1. Good work! Keep digging

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 12:57 AM

Jan 2018

4now

(1,596 posts)

2. Good information

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Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:08 AM

Jan 2018

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)

3. Good work. Thanks.

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Wed Jan 24, 2018, 01:33 AM

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The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

4. The followers on the high follower bots usually

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:19 AM

Jan 2018

Are accounts with no tweets and no picture. They don't try very hard.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

6. Yeah....that is a giveaway.

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:25 AM

Jan 2018

Same with no bio info. on the account.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

5. I've been reporting them and Twitter closes them down.

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 02:23 AM

Jan 2018

It is gratifying to get the notifications that they are gone. Just need one tweet that breaks the rules.

Cha

(297,323 posts)

7. What are some of the rules that

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 05:48 AM

Jan 2018

get broken?

Thanks!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

10. Disrespectful, offensive, targeted harassment, hatred, threatening, ....

Reply to Cha (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 11:27 AM

Jan 2018

Click the drop menu in the upper right of a tweet, then select report tweet.

Cha

(297,323 posts)

11. Mahalo, LC

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:34 PM

Jan 2018

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

8. K&R, simple and fast way to tell ... why isn't twitter doing the same simple thing ?!?!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:43 AM

Jan 2018

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)

9. Terrifying!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 10:24 AM

Jan 2018

We are in deeper shit than people realize. The Russians, the White House, the Republican Party, FOX News, and hundreds of websites and papers are unified in their pushing of bogus pro fascist stories. The rest of the media is bound by journalistic integrity and the facts, this group is unified in pushing the same exact perversion of reality.

There is a propaganda war being fought and the people don't even have a dog in the fight. This is how Democracies fall and we are further down the rabbit hole than anyone thought possible. Sure, they get only about 30% of the population to believe their story, but that will go up, it's what propaganda does.

These fake FBI stories and pro Trump stories are being pushed in unison by too many forces to combat. The media is helpless against such an organized effort. You are starting to see these stories seep into legitimate news sources. This is like a snowball rolling down hill. I fear there is no stopping it now.

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)

12. thanks, i reported.

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Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:59 PM

Jan 2018

Maraya1969

(22,483 posts)

13. Here is another one. 1,402 Tweets/month 47 Tweets/day Member since 2014

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:23 PM

Jan 2018

I reported this one as Impersonating someone else. Twitter does not let you write what you found

https://twitter.com/kosloffm?lang=en

Maraya1969

(22,483 posts)

14. 116 Tweets a day !!!!! Seriously Twitter is not doing their damn job!

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:33 PM

Jan 2018

I want to report this to someone else except Twitter but I don't know who!

Also 54,800 followers in 10 months!

https://twitter.com/codeofvets

Maraya1969

(22,483 posts)

15. OMG the blather of nothing she says on this video! She may not be a robot but she's a damn Russian

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:39 PM

Jan 2018

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OdKrAjLrlVxX

I guarantee you the Russians are using this "TV" website https://www.pscp.tv/

LeftInTX

(25,381 posts)

16. I have bots who follow me

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 09:03 PM

Jan 2018

They have Russian or Arabic names

GIRL@IMNOTKNOWINGWHA

Some guy with Arabic letters @BwYvnTEa8jnzHyA
netp@vinartapo1979 (The netp is in Cyrillic and she has a pinned picture of herself in garters saying I want your ken22ny.)

I think twitter kicked off some of the bots

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