social media platforms
3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 23, 2019 by Samantha Bradshaw · across every show →
Everything said about social media platforms, oldest first
Jan 23, 2019
Authoritarian governments have used social bots since early platform days
“From some of the research that I've done here at the OII and on the Computational Propaganda Project, we know that these techniques have been experimented with by governments for a long time. We've had evidence of them going back to, you know, even the early d…”
Jan 23, 2019 neutral
Sophisticated bots use natural language technology to reply in comment threads
“Some of the more sophisticated bots might actually interact with real people so they blend, like, chatbot bot technology and, you know, we all have been to those customer service pages where the thing pops up at the bottom and says, hi, can I help you today? T…”
Jan 23, 2019 negative
Platforms ignored fake accounts because active user metrics drove market valuations
“I think for a long time there hasn't been an incentive for them to, because the more active accounts there are on these platforms The more they're valued on the market, right? Because all of a sudden there's this huge user base of people, people that these pla…”