Ian Fitzpatrick ianfitzpatrick

How To Start Twitter Botting -- The Boring Parts

The boring parts of standing up a twitter bot I always forget. This guide should get you from "I got absolutely nothing" to "I posted a thing to twitter with Python!"

Here's the deal. If you make a bunch of bot accounts, and all those accounts are tied to one cell phone number, you are in for a round of API access recovation musical chairs.

To get around this, you need to create your own central twitter app. This app will in turn then be used by all your bot accounts. This app will be tied to your main account, backed by your phone number.

1. Create a Twitter Dev Account

For the Horde Code of Conduct

Like the technical and startup community as a whole, the For the Horde Community is made up of a mixture of people from all over the North and beyond. We are coders, freelancers, designers, startup founders, and every other flavor of geek you can imagine. We are here for mentorship, help, support, to connect with people who can help us further our journey, and of course, to learn about the latest animated cat GIFs and maximize our emoji skill.

Diversity is one of our huge strengths, but it can require a bit of extra consideration and empathy to make sure everyone has a good experience. To that end, we have a few ground rules that we ask people to adhere to. This code applies equally to ALL community members, including For the Horde Community admins. This isn’t an exhaustive list of things that you can’t do. Rather, take it in the spirit in which it’s intended - a guide to make it easier to enrich all of us and the communities in which we participate.

This code of conduct app

	Three background things:
	1. Stephen Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition:
	https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash-english.html
	Pretty much boils down to:
	- Excessive-self monitoring and learning via grammar-first (see: duolingo) makes language acquisition way harder.
	- We learn language via comprehensible input, “i + 1”, you need to find input that is + 1 past what you already know
	- Stress, doubt, and basically being afraid to fuck up also kill language acquisition.
	Here’s a lecture on his theories if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3lv7ExApHM&t=101s
	Edit: Actually, this may be a better video. I’m having trouble finding one where he succinctly goes through his theories:
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn2k8I8by8o

	w = 1400
	h = 1000
	scl = 20
	flying = 0
	terrain = []

	def setup():
	global terrain, rows, cols
	size(600, 600, P3D)
	cols = w / scl

	// The Nature of Code
	// Daniel Shiffman
	// http://natureofcode.com

	let walker

	function setup() {
	createCanvas(640,360)
	walker = new Walker()
	background(127)

	{
	"vaguely racist": "racist",
	"specter of race": "racism",
	"white nationalist": "white supremacist",
	"white nationalists": "white supremacists",
	"white nationalism": "white supremacy",
	"climate skeptic": "climate denier",
	"climate change skeptic": "climate change denier",
	"climate change skeptics": "climate change deniers",
	"climate contrarian": "climate denier",

	{
	"gameLink": "www.increpare.com",
	"canvasses": [
	[650, "1", 1, "6", 508, "1", 1, "6", 271, "1", 1, "6", 76, "1", 1, "6", 26, "1", 1, "6", 354, "1", 1, "6", 528, "1", 1, "6", 605, "1", 1, "6", 560, "1", 1, "6", 50, "1", 1, "6", 602, "1", 1, "6", 15, "1", 1, "6", 422, "1", 1, "6", 159, "1", 1, "6", 243, "1", 1, "e", 158, "1", 3, "e", 157, "1", 5, "e", 155, "1", 6, "e", 154, "1", 6, "e", 9, "1", 3, "e", 104, "1", 5, "e", 33, "1", 5, "e", 9, "1", 5, "e", 102, "1", 7, "e", 31, "1", 5, "e", 9, "1", 7, "e", 8, "1", 1, "6", 93, "1", 6, "e", 31, "1", 3, "e", 11, "1", 7, "e", 25, "1", 1, "6", 76, "1", 6, "e", 30, "1", 4, "e", 11, "1", 6, "e", 103, "1", 6, "e", 29, "1", 5, "e", 12, "1", 5, "e", 73, "1", 1, "6", 29, "1", 6, "e", 14, "1", 1, "6", 12, "1", 9, "e", 11, "1", 3, "e", 105, "1", 4, "e", 27, "1", 11, "e", 9, "1", 4, "e", 106, "1", 3, "e", 26, "1", 4, "e", 1, "1", 3, "e", 1, "1", 4, "e", 7, "1", 6, "e", 104, "1", 5, "e", 25, "1", 3, "e", 2, "1", 3, "e", 2, "1", 3, "e", 6, "1", 7, "e", 51, "1", 1, "6", 51, "1