Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
Bots don't tend to collect 1000s of genuine followers. Not that many people are influenced by them. It's probably more hassle than it's worth, and possibly even counterproductive. I mean, for every person you might suck into a coin, you might scare two off. Managing an army of bots successfully is a skill in its own right.
yeah you're probably right there. I would add the caveat that a bot doesn't have to necessarily influence anyone directly. There's a lot of idiots out there who believe everything they read and then pass it on to their mates as fact.