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Title: Bot behaviour
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Slug: 04-s4-bot-behaviour
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Date: 2020-11-01 12:04
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Summary: As programmable objects bots have particular action modes.
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As programmable objects bots have particular *action modes*.
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Below some examples (although this is a non-exhaustive list).
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- *repetition*: bots can be run repeatedly
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- *condition*: bots are often written in response to a particular condition
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- *iteration*: bots can be used multiple times
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- *memory*: bots can rely on a database
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- *tempo*: bots can operate at a specific time frame as described by the programmer
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Of course, these action modes can also be executed by humans.
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It is by no means surprising that many Twitter users are mistaken for bots, or that the term itself has attained a derogatory meaning. However, an interesting phenomenon can be observed on platforms such as Twitter, where human users have adopted a type of bot behaviour to create networks of dissent and to push activist counter-narratives.
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