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Twitter Bot to win comps - article
Nix143
Posts: 1,130 Forumite
Hi guys
Haven't been on for ageeees and wondered if any of you lot had seen this article
interesting reading
- bot entered 165000, he won 1000 - making his hit rate less then 1%
http://www.techly.com.au/2015/08/27/man-invents-twitter-bot-attempt-win-prizes-enters-165000-competitions/
Haven't been on for ageeees and wondered if any of you lot had seen this article
interesting reading
- bot entered 165000, he won 1000 - making his hit rate less then 1%http://www.techly.com.au/2015/08/27/man-invents-twitter-bot-attempt-win-prizes-enters-165000-competitions/
Comps £2016 in 2016 - 1 wins = £530 26.2%
SEALED POT CHALLENGE MEMBER No. 428 2015 - £210.93
SEALED POT CHALLENGE MEMBER No. 428 2015 - £210.93
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Do you mean this thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/53016590 -
And its encouraged a small country's worth of other bots to be created for the sole reason of retweetng competition tweets, including normal peoples tweets and its so annoying!0
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I don't know if Twitter has had a crack down on bots - I've reported plenty - but bot activity seems to have died down a lot today.0
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