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Draft spec 0.3 for a bot taxonomy (see also http://i.imgur.com/bKXNQ0V.png) #botALLY
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Towards a Taxonomy of Twitter Bots

Intro

  • towards a definition - autonomous non-human agents on Twitter
  • critical thinking - MECE, rabbit rule, holding hands
  • patterns of behaviour, rather than content
  • Twitter largely a textual medium
  • crossover between two broadest categories (automated/event-driven), but largely one or the other (maybe?)
  • some bots will exhibit both behaviours (active/reactive), but tend to favour one (most commonly, tweeters will also exhibit conversationalist behaviours)
  • why not tags?
  • The #botMUS test for independence: if nobody else was tweeting, would I continue to operate?

Independent (of Twitter inputs - )

Dependent (operate in response to conditions on Twitter)

Qualities outside of this taxonomy

Edge Cases

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