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This "account vetting guide" has been floating around Twitter on and off for a couple of years. As both a disinformation researcher and a Twitter user, I find multiple aspects of it problematic and therefore do not adhere to it. 
First, the "bot detection" criteria are nonsense that will tell you nothing about whether or not a given account is automated. (All accounts are new and have few tweets at some point, plenty of humans tweet hundreds of times a day and make profuse spelling/grammar errors, etc.)
(Longer thread with more information on the detection (and misdetection) of bots, for those who are interested in more detail on the topic:
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Despite being presented with exactly nothing in the way of supporting evidence, this statistically unlikely comparison of deaths by mass shootings vs "illegal aliens" has garnered over 3000 retweets. #NeverLetFactsGetInTheWayOfMadeUpNumbers
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
@ZellaQuixote Brief fact check: First,the 194 deaths via mass shootings is low - 423 is correct per the methodology cited on Wikipedia.
@ZellaQuixote Second, we were unable to find statistics on either the total number of US murders in 2019 so far or the number committed by undocumented immigrants. Based on the previous 10 years, the proposed 10150 number requires ~3% of the US population to commit ~67% of homicides, however.
Shot: #SethRich conspiracy theory tied to Russian intelligence.
Chaser: Seth Rich conspiracy theorists @CassandraRules and @JackPosobiec spread a thread by @aaronjmate falsely suggesting that a US judge ruled the Internet Research Agency has nothing to do with the Kremlin.
Chaser: Seth Rich conspiracy theorists @CassandraRules and @JackPosobiec spread a thread by @aaronjmate falsely suggesting that a US judge ruled the Internet Research Agency has nothing to do with the Kremlin.
Also note the path of propagation - the dubious IRA claim traveled through Syria chemical attack truther @DanielLMcAdams to reach Fairbanks, and Russia Today reporter @DanCohen3000 to reach Posobiec.
Footnote: since the duo of hyperkinetic trolls who latched onto this thread seems to be more interested in spamming already-debunked talking points and countering arguments no one is making, I have blocked them so that they may more effectively #KeepThatEchoChamberEchoing.
