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by can16358p 1378 days ago
Why would they?

It would decrease engagement. A significant portion of Twitter is bots and fake profiles/scams and Twitter isn't best known for caring about users or being honest.

More engagement (even if from fake profiles) = more ads to show = more money.

This would decrease trust in the platform in the long run for sure but they probably think they're too big to fail without a good competition anyway.

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> More engagement (even if from fake profiles) = more ads to show = more money.

I'm surprised bots actually load ads.

Bots don't. People who get more engagement due to bots do.