Despite the efforts of the social platforms, the bots are getting more active — and more subtle.
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Fake Followers: the black market in cargo cult influencers
There’s a great piece of reporting from the New York Times that’s been, quite deservedly, doing the rounds for the last couple of days, exposing the seedy underbelly of the influencer economy. It’s been an open secret…
Quartz unleashes the bots — as a journo's assistant
There’s been a lot of focus on bots — chat bots in particular — as news delivery vehicles. How about using them as news? Well, Quartz has something rather lovely coming for you: At the Online News Association conference next month,…