Separating the wheat from the chaff. This is the purpose of the new “good bots” badge introduced by Twitter on its platform. Tested since September 2021, this label is part of the social network’s fight once morest malicious bots, sometimes used to circulate false information en masse.
It must allow developers who design “good bots” to clearly indicate that an account is automated by a bot, namely a dedicated computer program. This may, for example, concern a Twitter account that publishes weather information at regular intervals.
The badge, which appears on the profile and below the account name in the News Feed with every tweet posted, is displayed as a robot head icon. It is accompanied by the words “Automated by” followed by the name of its creator. It will give users information regarding bots to help them decide which accounts to follow, which to interact with, or which are trustworthy, Twitter said.
(The essential/man)