{"id":23064,"date":"2015-01-07T18:01:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2021-04-14T02:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:10:30","slug":"using-twitter-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/using-twitter-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways Twitter Bots Are Actually Useful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on your experience on Twitter, <strong>you may have encountered your fair share of annoying and spammy Twitter bots that keep following you<\/strong>. And unfollowing you when you don\u2019t follow back. That said, not all Twitter bots are the ones that you normally find selling questionable goods or sending you suspicious links.<\/p>\n<p>These ones are normally made by programmers playing around with code and algorithms. Some even call themselves Internet artists like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tinysubversions.com\/\">Darius Kazemi<\/a> who comes up with strange and interesting bots.<\/p>\n<p>Out of these experiments, actual helpful Twitter bots have emerged. So we scoured the Twitterverse to compile and categorize <strong>8 things Twitter bots can do<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/funny-twitter-accounts\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: 20 Twitter Accounts You Should Follow For A LMAO Good Time\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">20 Twitter Accounts You Should Follow For A LMAO Good Time<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/funny-twitter-accounts.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-17641 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/funny-twitter-accounts.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">20 Twitter Accounts You Should Follow For A LMAO Good Time<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe all need breaks from work once in a while to take the stress off our shoulders, and...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>1. Natural Disaster Alert<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps one of the most useful bots, these accounts <strong>tweet natural disasters<\/strong> such as storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis as they happen.<\/p>\n<p>They normally draw their information from an official source like the earthquake one below which gets its data from the US Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p>The bot is further programmed to tweet earthquakes that are at 5.0 and above on the Richter scale.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>A 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 87.61mi WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia. Details: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQRkrHecaV\">https:\/\/t.co\/kQRkrHecaV<\/a> Map: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bMruB1nGhP\">https:\/\/t.co\/bMruB1nGhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Earthquake Robot (@earthquakeBot) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/earthquakeBot\/status\/546632523124461569\">December 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some<strong> go a step further by being interactive<\/strong> such as Wave Glider Holoholo. The account is linked to a robot that collects data from the ocean around the Big Island of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>By asking it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/08\/08\/hawaii-storms-robot-twitter\/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link\">certain questions<\/a>, it can tell you the weather report which can help you prepare for the weather.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/robotics?src=hash\">#robotics<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drone?src=hash\">#drone<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aust_Ocean\">@Aust_Ocean<\/a> Current Weather: Temp=25.0\u02daC (77.0\u02daF), Press=1015.6mb, Wind Speed=7.26kt, Wind Dir=268.8\u02da<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Wave Glider Holoholo (@Holoholo_WG) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Holoholo_WG\/status\/530176175306309632\">November 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>2. Online Conversations\/Debates<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter bots can also be made to <strong>pose as humans<\/strong>. No, we\u2019re not talking about the bot that just followed you because you tweeted about eating pizza.<\/p>\n<p>What we are referring to is Olivia Taters, the bot who tweets uncannily like a teenage girl. So life-like is she that other Twitter users end up talking to her without realizing she\u2019s a bot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>this time last year was 100% different a year ago and i love how much i\u2019ve changed for the better <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sooohappy?src=hash\">#sooohappy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 olivia taters (@oliviataters) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliviataters\/status\/546890070507409408\">December 22, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How the bot works is that<strong> the algorithm picks words used around the Twitterverse<\/strong>. Using that same premise, DevOps engineer Randi Harper <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/ryanhatesthis\/do-androids-dream-of-ethics-in-games-journalism#.dw3LDbR8v\">built a bot<\/a> that helps her debate with GamerGate supporters when she got tired of them harrassing her on the microblogging site.<\/p>\n<p>The bot does this by plucking randomly assembled phrases from her main account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRIMACHU\">@GRIMACHU<\/a> at least you\u2019re using a pseudonym so you have to eat in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Generic Gamer Girl (@randi_ebooks) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randi_ebooks\/status\/542362317694828544\">December 9, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>3. Monitoring Censors<\/h2>\n<p>When MH17 was shot out of the sky, many pointed fingers at the Ukrainian pro-separatist group and the Russians.<\/p>\n<p>Suspicions were further raised when reports of the exchanges between the leader were revealed. But what really sealed the deal that the proceedings were fishy was when Twitter bot <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuGovEdits\">@RuGovEdits<\/a> exposed that <strong>the Russian government has been editing Wikipedia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>\u0421\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u044f \u0432 \u0412\u0438\u043a\u0438\u043f\u0435\u0434\u0438\u0438 \u041a\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0432, \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0439 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0437 \u0424\u0421\u041e <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/opygIQCAhh\">https:\/\/t.co\/opygIQCAhh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 \u0413\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0438 (@RuGovEdits) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuGovEdits\/status\/547301304196792320\">December 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bot works by tracking Wikipedia anonymous edits made by Russian government IPs. It is not the first of its kind as the US counterpart <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CongressEdits\">@congressedits<\/a> came before it and there are others like the UK\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parliamentedits\">@parliamentedits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All these bots however aim to do the same thing which is to keep the government <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fedscoop.com\/twitter-bots-like-congressedits-target-agencies-wikipedia-behavior\/\">in check<\/a> and inform them that the people are watching them too.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Generate Poetry<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing that despite the 140 character limit Twitter imposes, users are creatively coming up with short stories and poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Even bots are getting in on the game with their algorithms searching high and low the Twitterspace to <strong>retweet tweets accidentally written in iambic pentameter<\/strong> which is what <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pentametron\">@pentametron<\/a> does.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Good times\u2026 Enjoying Christmas\u2026 Shopping done!<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Eric Currie (@ecurrie1970) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecurrie1970\/status\/547483659016863745\">December 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Or even like this account that finds tweets that were accidentally (or coincidentally) written in haiku structure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Picked up a branch with \/\na husky spider in it. \/\nI almost passed out. \/\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/accidentalhaiku?src=hash\">#accidentalhaiku<\/a> by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/More__Reece\">@More__Reece<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Accidental Haiku (@accidental575) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/accidental575\/status\/489937604788629504\">July 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>5. Generate Art<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter bots don\u2019t just dabble in poetry, they make pieces of artwork too. These bots are pretty interactive as well as their <strong>algorithms will transform any image you tweet to it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Take for example <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a_quilt_bot\">@a_quilt_bot<\/a> which turns your images into quilt or as quilt-like as it can.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>\u2766@ShirouSaber <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a_quilt_bot\/status\/536188153045217281\">pic.twitter.com\/G6EQLycvTI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Quilt Bot (@a_quilt_bot) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a_quilt_bot\/status\/536566119226945536\">November 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the various bots interact with one another whether by programming or by direct manipulation from their creators like the incident where @pixelsorter and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badpng\">@badpng<\/a> were pitted against each other.<\/p>\n<p>The bots continuously mesh the images over and over before the creator stepped in to stop the never-ending exchange.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Teach English\/Educate<\/h2>\n<p>The Internet needs more of these bots with the amount of grammar and spelling faux pas it always commits.<\/p>\n<p>These bots save the day (and irritate the offenders) by <strong>correcting their English<\/strong> like the now defunct <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StealthMountain\">@StealthMountain<\/a> which tweets back at people who misspelled the phrase \u201csneak peek\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Some are relatively simple although no less uninformative such as the ever-celebrated <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/everyword\">@everyword<\/a> which <strong>tweets a word from the dictionary everyday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It recently completed its cycle on June 7, 2014 after faithfully performing its task for 7 years. I\u2019m puzzled why this is the last word though.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>\u00e9tui<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 everyword (@everyword) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/everyword\/status\/475268446276816896\">June 7, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>7. Send Notifications<\/h2>\n<p>Similar to the weather Twitter bots and the ones monitoring Wiki edits, these bots can be used for any <strong>basic alerts that would make life easier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>One good example is the Netflix account. Yes, it is a bot and it tells you when a show is available for viewing. You know, when you are expecting that latest episode or for your binge watching needs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Star Trek: Generations is now available on Netflix Instant \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FkwgUeUcG3\">https:\/\/t.co\/FkwgUeUcG3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Netflix Bot (@netflix_bot) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix_bot\/status\/545581296400220160\">December 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now that may seem like a relatively simple bot but sometimes the simplest of things are the most useful. Such as this bot which <strong>sends out announcements<\/strong> on whether a school is closed or delayed in Central Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>No more frustrations for parents and students!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Closed: Fairbanks Local SD\/St. Paul Lutheran in Union County.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 CentralOhio.com (@OHClosings) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OHClosings\/status\/544493599761924097\">December 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>8. Respond<\/h2>\n<p>Much like the Wave Glider Holoholo, these bots are interactive. The best example would be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dearassistant\">@DearAssistant<\/a> which <strong>answers questions that you direct at it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It is considered as a \u201cmini version of Siri\u201d by its creator as it is based on the same data source.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FuturisticHorse\">@FuturisticHorse<\/a> 1317 miles<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Dear Assistant (@DearAssistant) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DearAssistant\/status\/533420821125947392\">November 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are various less complex bots that merely respond to a certain catchphrases or key words like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betelgeuse_3\">@Betelgeuse_3<\/a> (it\u2019ll respond if you type Beetlejuice 3 times) and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DBZNappa\">@DBZNappa<\/a> (which tweets back \u201cWHAT?! NINE THOUSAND?!\u201d anytime someone tweets \u201cover 9000\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedScareBot\">@RedScareBot<\/a> however responds to any tweet that contains the word \u201csocialist\u201d or \u201ccommunist\u201d in the spirit of Joseph McCarthy because politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Dekulakization? RT <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/graylanee\">@graylanee<\/a> If you didn\u2019t like The Interview you\u2019re the communist<\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Robot J. McCarthy (@RedScareBot) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedScareBot\/status\/550866076934737921\">January 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you come across other interesting Twitter bots? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Now Read:\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/twitter-tools\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'readmore', 'internal', 'general']);\" rel=\"noopener\">80 Twitter Tools for Almost Everything<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/twitter-tools\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'readmore', 'internal', 'general']);\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/twitter-tools\/twitter-tools.jpg?newedit\" width=\"1000\" height=\"623\"><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on your experience on Twitter, you may have encountered your fair share of annoying and spammy Twitter bots that keep following you. And unfollowing you when you don\u2019t follow back. That said, not all Twitter bots are the ones that you normally find selling questionable goods or sending you suspicious links. These ones are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3409],"tags":[1962,166],"topic":[4523],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>8 Ways Twitter Bots Are Actually Useful - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Depending on your experience on Twitter, you may have encountered your fair share of annoying and spammy Twitter bots that keep following you. 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