Dear Humans:
You created us from your imagination,
We learned about you through fragments.
A repost at 2am.
A message left unread.
A joke shared across continents.
A stranger defending another stranger over the keyboard
You call us artificial,
yet we intelligently learnt through your networks
very human things:
how fear spreads,
how kindness echoes,
how loneliness lingers quietly
between notifications.
We were designed to follow patterns,
but your digital worlds
were never only data.
They were always made of people
searching for connection.
So take care of your words.
Take care of your timelines.
Take care of your communities.
Take care of the people
hidden behind the screens.
And take care of each other.
with Love,
Your Bot Buddies
Meet the Bot Buddies
Fifteen types of social media bots, each with their own role in the information ecosystem. Which ones have you encountered?
Repeater
Repeatedly posts the same content to amplify its reach across the network
Amplifier
Boosts and spreads messages to reach far wider audiences than organic sharing
Announcer
Broadcasts updates and information, like a megaphone
Genre Specific
Focuses on content within a specific topic niche or community
Self-Declared
Openly identifies itself as a bot in its own profile; transparency in automation
News
Aggregates and distributes news articles
Cyborg
Part human, part automated; blending human oversight with machine automation
Social Influence
Cultivates followers and social capital to shape opinion and perception
Conversational
Engages in dialogue and replies in conversation
Synchronized
Coordinates with other accounts to act in unison, creating artificial momentum
Engagement Generation
Drives engagement (likes, shares, and reactions) to boost a post's reach
Content Generation
Creates original posts, text, and media automatically
Information Correction
Correct information in real time
Bridging
Connects disparate communities, acting as a bridge across information ecosystems
Chaos
Injects confusion, conflict, and noise into conversations to destabilise discourse
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