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In order to determine whether bots can be accurately detected, how bots behave, and how they impact Twitter activity, the researchers divided accounts into categories based on total number of followers, and found that accounts with more than 10 million followers tend to retweet at similar rates to bots. In accounts with fewer followers however, bots tend to retweet far more than humans. These celebrity-level accounts also tweet at roughly the same pace as bots with similar follower numbers, whereas in smaller accounts, bots tweet far more than humans. Bots, like people, can be malicious or benign. The term “bot” is often associated with spam, offensive content or political infiltration, but many of the most reputable organizations in the world also rely on bots for their social media channels. For example, major news organizations, such as CNN or the BBC, who produce hundreds of pieces of content daily, rely on automation to share the news in the most efficient way. These accounts, while classified as bots, are seen by users as trustworthy sources of information. “A Twitter user can be a human and still be a spammer, and an account can be operated by a bot and still be benign,” said Zafar Gilani, a PhD student at Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory, who led the research. “We’re interested in seeing how effectively we can detect automated accounts and what effects they have.” Bots have been on Twitter for the majority of the social network’s existence—it’s been estimated that anywhere between 40% and 60% of all Twitter accounts are bots. Some bots have tens of millions of followers, although the vast majority have less than a thousand—human accounts have a similar distribution.
In order to determine whether bots can be accurately detected, how bots behave, and how they impact Twitter activity, the researchers divided accounts into categories based on total number of followers, and found that accounts with more than 10 million followers tend to retweet at similar rates to bots. In accounts with fewer followers however, bots tend to retweet far more than humans. These celebrity-level accounts also tweet at roughly the same pace as bots with similar follower numbers, whereas in smaller accounts, bots tweet far more than humans. Bots, like people, can be malicious or benign. The term “bot” is often associated with spam, offensive content or political infiltration, but many of the most reputable organizations in the world also rely on bots for their social media channels. For example, major news organizations, such as CNN or the BBC, who produce hundreds of pieces of content daily, rely on automation to share the news in the most efficient way. These accounts, while classified as bots, are seen by users as trustworthy sources of information. “A Twitter user can be a human and still be a spammer, and an account can be operated by a bot and still be benign,” said Zafar Gilani, a PhD student at Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory, who led the research. “We’re interested in seeing how effectively we can detect automated accounts and what effects they have.” Bots have been on Twitter for the majority of the social network’s existence—it’s been estimated that anywhere between 40% and 60% of all Twitter accounts are bots. Some bots have tens of millions of followers, although the vast majority have less than a thousand—human accounts have a similar distribution.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A CNN or BBC relies on twitters to deliver trustworthy information.
- B Bots have been on Twitter for some of the celebrities’ existence.
- C Both human and non-human accounts are possible on Twitter.
- D Twitter accounts are barely dominated by bots.
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請觀察文章第二段關於 CNN 與 BBC 的描述：作者特別強調這些機構是利用哪一種「具體的技術手段」來達到高效發布訊息的目的？現在請對照選項，看看選項中所提到的「依賴對象」，是否與文中提到的「技術手段」完全吻合呢？
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- 觀念驗證：哼哼～能夠細心分辨出文章細節，你的精讀能力 (Close Reading) 簡直是王牌級別！果然是跟著『及川先生』的！原文白紙黑字寫得很清楚，CNN 和 BBC 這些機構，是「依賴 automation (自動化技術)」來高效分享新聞的！結果選項 (A) 竟然會說成「依賴 twitters」？喂！這根本是完全不同的東西吧？而且文章強調的是新聞的傳播方式，可不是單純的平台而已喔！別想蒙混過關！
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