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by stevesearer 1481 days ago
It would be interesting to know exactly what the definition is for a bot / fake account.

For instance, I have 5 accounts which automatically tweet out the latest posts from 5 of my websites. They are automated and probably technically bots, but that seems different than an account that is meant to give fake likes/retweets.

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They are never in an active "logged in through browser/app" stage because they use the api.

The comment was 5% of active users never receive ads. Some real people turn javascript off as well and some user ad blockers.