Bot Detection

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False positives when people are classified as bots | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Bot detectors infer automation from patterns rather than reading an account's mind, which means real people can be swept into prevalence estimates as false positives.

Behavioral timing as a clue to automation and its limits | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Posting timing can reveal automation-like behavior, but schedules, shift work, teams, queued publishing, and ordinary human routines make timing a clue rather than proof.