{"id":10287,"date":"2022-02-17T06:20:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T06:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1351676"},"modified":"2022-02-17T06:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T06:20:01","slug":"youll-now-be-able-to-identify-twitter-bot-accounts-by-a-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=10287","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ll now be able to identify Twitter bot accounts by a label"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update (February 17, 2022)<\/strong>: Twitter\u2019s now allowing all automated accounts to put a label \u2014 so you can identify them as bot accounts. The company began experimenting with this feature last September, and making it available to a wider audience starting today. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Get your bots in here! Remember when we chatted about all things, #GoodBots<\/a>? Well now we are celebrating the bots who make a positive contribution to Twitter, all over the world. pic.twitter.com\/e1OqJjRZiG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) February 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, there\u2019s no detail available about how developers can apply these labels, and how Twitter will verify these applications. We\u2019ve asked the company for more information, and we\u2019ll update the story if we hear back. <\/em><\/p>\n

While this is a good step in clearly marking automated accounts, this is largely developer-dependant. So you might see a lot of rouge bot accounts without any labels. <\/em><\/p>\n

Twitter\u2018s rolling out its new verification process starting today. Apart from this, the company also shared that it\u2019s planning to introduce a new label for a special type of accounts: bots.<\/p>\n

The social network has a ton of bots that tweet out information or colorize your black and white photos<\/a>. The company said that it wants to mark some of these useful and non-harmful automated accounts with a label. The profile of these accounts will look something like this:<\/p>\n

<\/i><\/a>How Twitter will mark profiles of automated accounts with a special label.<\/figcaption>