4. Bots 1.0 – Spammer going Social
@you malware.com
@you-as-well malware.com
D fresh-contact malware.com
They are not efficient:
5. Bots 1.0 – Spammer going Social
@you malware.com
@you-as-well malware.com
D fresh-contact malware.com
And they are easy to spot:
• Time: Regular or Bursty
• Heavy Hashtag Usage
• Spam Words
• Few Friends
8. Bot 2.0 – Social Bots
Social Friend @JamesMTitus
Knowledge Lajello
Silent Influencer @Al_AGW
9. Can Bots create a Mass movement?
• Reach
• Ease of Action
• Intention
10. Can Bots create a Mass movement?
• Reach
Astroturf
• Ease of Action
• Intention
11. Can Bots create a Mass movement?
• Reach
Astroturf
• Ease of Action
• Intention
12. Can Bots create a Mass movement?
• Reach
Astroturf
• Ease of Action
• Intention
• Opinion leaders (Katz 1955)
• Influentials (Merton 1968)
• Mavens & connectors (Gladwell 2000)
13. Can Bots create a Mass movement?
• Reach
Astroturf
• Ease of Action
• Intention
• Opinion leaders (Katz 1955)
• Influentials (Merton 1968)
• Mavens & connectors (Gladwell 2000)
To create
Intention
Is not easy
14. BUT why….
Aja Dior M.
omgg, my aunt tiffany who work for 45 min
whitney houston just found whitney
houston dead in the tub. such ashamed
& sad :(
OR why….
Source:
TED
talk
by
Kevin
Allocca
Views Per Day for Double Rainbow
6 month
16. Influence depends on
• Reach
• Ease of Action
• Intention
Topic Dependence
Readiness
Multiple Sources
17. Topic Dependence
• 4
years
• 1001
Students
on
Facebook
• tradi6onal
Self-‐reported
Data
• How
did
taste
Spread
Source:
Kevin
Lewisa,
Marco
Gonzaleza
and
Jason
Kaufman
(2012):
PNAS
Vol
109,
no
1
There is a strong topic dependence.
Influence is often homophily in reality.
19. Multiple Sources
50%
In
pictures:
Apocalyp6c
Manchester
Clicking
'Witch's
coKage'
found
in
Pendle
Sharing
BBC
apology
for
Clarkson
comments
Commen6ng
Writer
Christopher
Hitchens
dies
Eurozone
debt
web:
Who
owes
what
to
whom?
No
rhinos
remain
in
West
Africa
Earth-‐like
planet
found
in
the
"habitable
zone"
Neutrinos
beat
light
speed
again
An6maKer
atom
trapped
for
first
6me,
say
scien6sts
N
Korean
leader
Kim
Jong-‐il
dies
0
20.000
40.000
60.000
80.000
100.000
120.000
Social
Media
Index
on
the
courtesy
of
55%