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by pavlov 1297 days ago
The tweets/second calculation seems to ignore the existence of bots (the permitted kind).

The number is derived solely from the MAU/DAU number, but bots are not counted there. One active user may be running several bots that automatically post content on a schedule or as replies to keywords.

I'm not sure how to estimate the number of bots, but by their nature they can produce a lot more tweets than a person.