As an experiment in disinformation, I just ran all of the hostile responses to this tweet from Lisa through @BotSentinel. All were reported to have high probability of being troll bots. That should tell you something. @jack, worth a look at automated activity sliming Lisa.
I will continue to do this every time Lisa tweets as a demonstration of what automated attacks look like.
@cbouzy would love to chat with you about how to mechanize reporting on trollbot replies to @natseclisa’s feed—and that of others.
@cbouzy @NatSecLisa I have also replied to all accounts in this thread which @botsentinel rates as likely trollbot accounts with a screenshot of the rating.
Yes, I am aware that @botsentinel is an imperfect tool that sometimes flags false positives. To which I would say two things: First, the ratings are probabilities, not certainties.
If you have a 48 percent chance of being a trollbot, that means you have 52 percent chance of not being one. Take the negative possibilities seriously. My point here is not about any individual account. It is about the volume of automated sliming of people going on.
Second, if you have a 48 percent chance of being a trollbot according to @botsentinel, and you are a real person, it means you're acting a lot like trollbot. Instead of complaining that @botsentinel is getting it wrong, ask yourself some questions:
Why am I mindlessly retweeting misinformation and disinformation?
Why am I being an asshole on Twitter so much?
If you act less like a trollbot, that number will come down.
Why am I being an asshole on Twitter so much?
If you act less like a trollbot, that number will come down.
I am not a shrinking violet on Twitter. I say what I think. I argue with people. I retweet a lot of stuff. Here's my trollbot rating from @BotSentinel. 
@BotSentinel If you think this is a matter of political bias, here is @Doranimated's trollbot rating from @BotSentinel. I pick Mike because he disagrees with me about everything important right now, including the president and the investigations of him. But he doesn't act like a trollbot.
@BotSentinel @Doranimated So not only is his rating effectively zero, but I knew before I entered it that it would be.
I could go on. But you get the point. If you have a high rating from @botsentinel and you're a human, it's because you're being a jerk in mechanical sort of way.
So instead of whining about it, just stop it.
So instead of whining about it, just stop it.
