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Vixxx666
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Is anyone finding they're becoming more and more noticeable on twitter. Pretty much everything I tweet on twitter (including some non-competition tweets) are being retweeted repeatedly by bots.
I've had to turn off twitter notifications on my phone as it was going absolutely crazy!! :mad::eek::mad::eek:
I've had to turn off twitter notifications on my phone as it was going absolutely crazy!! :mad::eek::mad::eek:
2013 - 86 | 2014 - 127 | 2015 - 39 | 2016 - 22 | 2017 - 10 | 2018 - 56 | 2019 - 16 | 2020 - 4 | 2021 - 5 | 2022 - 1 win
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same, its driving me nuts
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Yes, but the spammers are hooking on to it which may go in favour of the honest, manual comper. I noticed that a !!!!!! spammer was using the #freebiefriday, #win and #giveaway hastags to get bot RTs. In a way this is good as it means that if enough people report the RTs by the bot users, they get blocked, which will hopefully discourage them from using bots. Maybe?2017 wins = £1350
2016 wins = £125 (18 months off comps)
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Oddly bot interest in my account seems to have died right down - no idea why, I assumed Twitter had had a purge.0
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Driving me mad too. I keep blocking but so many Im 50/50 about and don't want to offend any fellow compers0
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I add bots to a list and Rt competitions they find that I have missed.Wishing you all good luck!
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I add bots to a list and Rt competitions they find that I have missed.
Way to go :T :rotfl:“I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” - Billy Joel
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hahaaa, love it. I must admit I usually have a skim down their tweets before I hit the block switch. Have found a few I've missed
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Are the bots trying to win things? If so, how do they as most comps ask for a follow and a RT not just a re-tweet?0
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Bots seem to be taking over the twitter comps - I've just found about 40 without much effort, and the majority of them are being followed by companies, so they are winning RT only comps.
I do wish companies would get you to answer a question or make a comment as well as RT.
They're so easy to spot if you just look at their TL's, they RT anything with win, giveaway, freebiefriday, competition etc. in, including comps for USA, India etc. and tweets that aren't even comps, e.g. 'RT if you think Leonardo should win an Oscar'.
If they RT any of my tweets I tell the company, but is there anything else we can do?TOP MONEYSAVING TIP
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