Botson

Maker

Hey, makers and hunters!! Ever since the beginning of time, humans have co-existed peacefully with bots. In 2017, some twitter bots started to spread false information. Trump, reportedly, has 15 million fake followers that actively contribute to delegitimizing the media by perpetuating his blatantly false claims. We made this chrome extension to help twitter users be more discerning about determining the legitimacy of the tweets in their newsfeed. Because false realities will only continue prevent the constructive and productive discourse needed to advance our society. This chrome extension was built using the Botometer API (botometer.iuni.iu.edu), which was built from the models described in this academic research paper (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.03107...). I've been in touch with those researchers, who are continuously working on improving their modeling. They're also providing me with great product feedback, such as allowing end users to report bots. So keep an eye out for product improvements! Hope this helps you. Happy to answer any questions!! Or find me on twitter if I'm unresponsive!!

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8yr ago