Twitter has been working on a bot flagging feature since September of last year, and it appears as though the feature is going live today.
Back in September, the micro-blogging platform announced that the feature had been rolled out to select developer accounts, allowing them to apply labels to indicate whether a tweet has been automated by a ‘good bot’ or not.
https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1436073604173770754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1436073604173770754%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmobilesyrup.com%2F2021%2F09%2F10%2Ftwitter-testing-new-feature-that-will-make-it-easier-to-identify-bot-accounts%2F
According to the San Francisco, California-based social company, “automated accounts you might see on Twitter include bots that help you find vaccine appointments and disaster early warning systems.” Having a label on such accounts gives other (human) users a better understanding of the bot’s purpose.
At the time, the feature had been rolled out to about 500 developers, but starting today, anyone operating a bot account can add the label to its tweets.
https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1494040671048581123
The feature comes after Twitter stated last year that high-quality bot accounts must self-identify as such. It said at the time that developers must clearly indicate if an account is a bot and identify the person operating the account.
In other Twitter-related news, the company is currently testing out a YouTube-like video playback speed feature for Android and Web. Read more about it here.
Image credit: @TwitterSupport
Source: @TwitterSafery
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