Johnny Flamingo
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Apr 11, 2024 20:16:02 GMT -5
I remember TK mentioned something about this a while back and found it interesting. I do wonder if a lot of the negativity against AEW is a coordinated attack.
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Post by CeilingFan on Apr 11, 2024 20:18:34 GMT -5
Jim Cornette and Vince Russo hate each other, but they share a hatred for AEW.
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Apr 11, 2024 20:19:35 GMT -5
I'm not gonna act like everyone who criticizes AEW is a bot, but wasn't he proven right about this? There are definitely bots on Twitter.
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Apr 11, 2024 20:21:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's necessarily bots, or just people copying each other's tweets when they see they do well (90swwf is one of the worst for that)
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Apr 11, 2024 20:25:39 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it's necessarily bots, or just people copying each other's tweets when they see they do well (90swwf is one of the worst for that) I think a little from column A and a little from column B If you read the responses he says that he started getting negative/troll posts pretty quick. He called it “whack a troll. “ |
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Post by Cyno on Apr 11, 2024 20:26:43 GMT -5
The massive surge in bots since Musky took over is objective fact. Though I haven't seen many "S P I C Y A E W H O T T A K E S I N B I O" posts. Yet.
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Post by Chiral on Apr 11, 2024 20:27:01 GMT -5
It is wild when you go on any wrestling twitter and so many of the posts/responses seem are giving bot, like when you see a chain of responses to something all kind of barely being coherent with the same gif of the Rock in the gym.
Bots were bad years ago but are probably exponentially worse under Elon for any topic/fandom ofc, but from that tweet and just the whole vibe of wrestling online it does seems like there's something fishy in the wrestle. I'd imagine whoever is making the bots gets more clicks and eyes on them ragging on AEW with them being the current uncool one in these wrestling console wars.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Apr 11, 2024 20:29:28 GMT -5
i didn't know Dave Scherer had so many twitter accounts...
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Apr 11, 2024 20:32:05 GMT -5
It hurts my feelings when people say I've been a bot this whole time.
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Post by GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY on Apr 11, 2024 20:34:08 GMT -5
it doesn't explain a lot of the negativity, it would be foolish to just discount everyone's opinions based on that but as you see in the tweet, it does happen. you can't really deny it, I feel like it was proven a while back.
that being said from what i've seen, this goes down whenever something is trending. bots and those who may as well be hop on the wagon so they can get those precious likes, wrestling or not.
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Post by bearned on Apr 11, 2024 20:38:01 GMT -5
I wish most of the stuff I read on social media about AEW was bots, because if it’s genuinely coming from someone real then that’s very depressing. It’s like absolute bottom dwelling brain numbing levels of terrible.
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Apr 11, 2024 20:44:55 GMT -5
Me when anything bad happens: "This shit is worse than 2000 WCW."
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Post by bog on Apr 11, 2024 20:46:16 GMT -5
Me when anything bad happens: "This shit is worse than 2000 WCW." This is the worst night of Bret Hart's life. |
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Post by Chiral on Apr 11, 2024 20:52:41 GMT -5
It hurts my feelings when people say I've been a bot this whole time. I'm definitely not a bot. Would a bot be able to post more coherent than this week's AEW Dynamite? 😂 That shit is worse than WCW 2000!  {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}(I wish I could post this 4+ times under different accounts for max effect but alas) |
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 11, 2024 20:55:24 GMT -5
Yeah, it's pretty thoroughly established it's happening; it's not only on twitter, it's not only bots (many accounts are people, but some are paid or otherwise coordinated), and it's not only happening with pro wrestling discussions given that a whole host of businesses are using techniques like this to drive the public conversation over a number of different brands or what have you.
There's speculation that some of this is coordinated via WWE itself (their "let's hurt AEW's media rights negotiations over the course of WM weekend" strategy lends some credence to this), but some of it could also be from randos with way too much time or some money on their hands who want to get a bot program or whatever up and running. Basically, a lot of companies saw how well it worked in other areas (mainly foreign governments shaping conversations on important issues) and got in on the act.
It's become really pronounced anywhere AEW is discussed, and it's been going on for awhile, now.
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Apr 11, 2024 20:56:44 GMT -5
Yeah, there were. Of course there were. There adamantly, obviously were and everyone who acted like he was saying some outrageous back when he first claimed he had evidence of it was baffling to me. Like you'd have to not use social media to not know how big a probelm botting is on social media, and it is trivial for people to buy a bot farm for anything they want to run, it doesnt' edven have to be someone important or WWE doing it, it can literally just be some dipshit so broken as a person that they think it's a good use of $50 to get some bots posting bad about a wrestling show. And you'd be surprised how much juice you can get with $50 from bots.
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Post by GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY on Apr 11, 2024 20:57:52 GMT -5
i understand everyone has to make a living but i'm not sure why the manager of this bot farm has to carry around that spiked baseball bat all the time. not a very welcoming first impression, i'll tell you that much.
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Post by Doo Doo is Worse Than WCW 2000 on Apr 11, 2024 20:58:31 GMT -5
Yeah, it's only a question of who's behind them.
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Apr 11, 2024 21:08:04 GMT -5
Bots are terrible on twitter/x now. So much spam and monetized accounts spouting out garbage takes and engagement bating people so they can get more money. It's gross.
And it's not even just wrestling. Cartoon Twitter hot takes annoy the hell out of me cause it's the same discourse about how Teen Titans Go sucks or Family Guy clips.
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Post by HMARK Center on Apr 11, 2024 21:08:25 GMT -5
Yeah, there were. Of course there were. There adamantly, obviously were and everyone who acted like he was saying some outrageous back when he first claimed he had evidence of it was baffling to me. Like you'd have to not use social media to not know how big a probelm botting is on social media, and it is trivial for people to buy a bot farm for anything they want to run, it doesnt' edven have to be someone important or WWE doing it, it can literally just be some dipshit so broken as a person that they think it's a good use of $50 to get some bots posting bad about a wrestling show. And you'd be surprised how much juice you can get with $50 from bots. There's even ones now that will get into conversations with one another, set up a faux-disagreement, etc. It's pernicious as hell. |
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