Ask HN: Twitter bots are really bad for Twitter?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14914511

by haidrali • 9 years ago

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I have been working on a platform to create twitter bots where user can create their twitter bots with help of few clicks i.e. define keyword, define retweet policy, define favourite policy, define reply etc But I have this impression that people consider twitter bots as SPAM. Do you people really think that twitter bots are just for spamming purposes and bad for twitter existance ?

Is there any useful purpose of creating twitter bots ?

Thanks

mstolpm• 9 years ago

You have started working on this platform, so I'd like to return the question to you: Do you see any useful purpose of creating twitter bots?

If so: Try focussing on these useful bots and try to minimize the misuse of your platform for spamming. If not: Ask yourself if you want to support spammers and dubios online marketing / growth hacking dudes.

One of the problems I see with your question is the missing definition of a "twitter bot" and its operations/features: If your bots mainly retweet and autofollow based on keywords/tags, not "quality", the impressing of spamming can arise fast. If you're for example providing a platform for creating service chat bots that are triggered by users interested in a fast response, your bots may be recognized as a valuable service.

haidrali• 9 years ago

I agree with you thoughts now I am thinking of turning bots for customer service i.e. automatic short replies in response of tweets and private messages.

Thanks