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randomromania | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yeah was just curious, think most mainstream social media appears busy because of the vast numbers that use it and constant bot agitation
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Karnage | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You probably get a lot more "surfaced" content in other social media platforms. More time spent on app = more ad revenue, so their goal is to maximize how much time you spend in the app. Here, you can run out of trending notes and latest notes pretty quickly.
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randomromania | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yes, this is what I figured out over time too, their game is keep your eyes on their app any cost, that's why they can't be totally transparent or do things that would actually kill the bot activity pretty quickly, they need to appear to be doing the right thing but not actually doing it.
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Karnage | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 that and their share value would plummet (well, not X's anymore), if people learned how many users are actually just bots
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randomromania | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i'd put the number of bots and paid agitators at 60%+ of active accounts