To what extent Twitter will rely on these user-generated reports over its own algorithmic-based bot-detection systems, or other factors (like IP addresses or suspicious behavior), is unclear. Now users will be able to report those accounts they believe to be bots, as well. It deleted 200,000 Russian troll tweets earlier this year, for example, and suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June, according to reports. Twitter itself has been suspending real bots left and right in recent months. Often, users in disagreements on the site will call someone “bot” as a way to shut down a conversation. There’s been a lot of name-calling on Twitter today following the emergence of reports of Russian bots and trolls flooding Twitter, in an attempt to influence U.S. GN9NKw2Qynīut Twitter users will probably be most interested in the new option to report fake accounts.

You can now specify what type of spam you're seeing when you report, including fake accounts. So while it may be bad for business in the short term, its clear Twitter sees the overall integrity of its platform as an important long-term goal.Activity that attempts to manipulate or disrupt Twitter’s service is not allowed.

Twitter even lost users quarter to quarter, as noted in its most recent earnings report, as a result of its bot crackdown.

The company said back in July that it had removed 70 million accounts in May and June of this year for violating its policies on malicious and spammy behavior. So knowing that - and knowing Twitter is taking spam, bots, and its overall fake account problem more seriously of late - there is a good chance this reporting change could inspire more proactive bans. With more details to review, we’ll be adding more resources to our review processes.” We don’t know whether listing an account as fake will increase the likelihood that it gets banned - and that’s likely for good reason, considering coordinated groups could flood the system with bad faith reports that try to get a genuine account deemed a fake one and banned as a result.Īccording to a Twitter spokesperson, “The new reporting flow will allow us to collect more detailed information so we can identify and remove spam more effectively. Of course, while this change certainly provides users a bit of much-needed granularity in the reporting process, it’s still less clear what happens after you’ve sent the report off to Twitter’s safety team. GN9NKw2Qyn- Twitter Safety October 31, 2018 Activity that attempts to manipulate or disrupt Twitter’s service is not allowed.

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