- <p>The end of the 2016 presidential election is in sight. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, which is less than three weeks away.</p>
- People were even able to submit questions for the candidates through Facebook that were asked during the second debate.
- <p>The study, conducted by university professors, shows that nearly 25 percent of all tweets discussing the first two presidential debates were generated by bots. A Twitter bot is basically a computer program designed to automatically post messages or retweet messages from other users. Bots are usually more active than the regular Twitter user, posting at least 50 messages per day on specific topics.</p>
- <p>Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have about the same number of bot followers on Twitter, nearly 3 percent. What's interesting is the number of pro-Trump tweets by bots during the debates are quite a bit higher than the number of pro-Clinton ones.</p>
- <p>During the first and second presidential debates, about one-third of all pro-Trump tweets were posted by bots. Whereas about 25 percent of all pro-Clinton tweets were posted by bots. However, pro-Trump bots generated about four times as many tweets than the pro-Clinton bots did.</p>
The end of the 2016 presidential election is in sight. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, which is less than three weeks away.
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The study, conducted by university professors, shows that nearly 25 percent of all tweets discussing the first two presidential debates were generated by bots. A Twitter bot is basically a computer program designed to automatically post messages or retweet messages from other users. Bots are usually more active than the regular Twitter user, posting at least 50 messages per day on specific topics.
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Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have about the same number of bot followers on Twitter, nearly 3 percent. What's interesting is the number of pro-Trump tweets by bots during the debates are quite a bit higher than the number of pro-Clinton ones.
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During the first and second presidential debates, about one-third of all pro-Trump tweets were posted by bots. Whereas about 25 percent of all pro-Clinton tweets were posted by bots. However, pro-Trump bots generated about four times as many tweets than the pro-Clinton bots did.
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