FILTR is a Chrome extension that filters bots and spam from Twitter/X

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@levelsio

@levelsio

I still think the biggest existence risk for X is AI reply bots They're rampant and my understanding of AI is you can only detect an AI reply with a model that's bigger/smarter than the model it's written with That means you're in an endless cat and mouse game for the infinite future So you need some other way to stop AI replies

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dax

@thdxr

fuck all these AI replies it's really killing any ability to interact with people on here - any big account is full of bots replying if you make a product that helps people run these bots you are garbage scum

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Balaji

@balajis

An important kind of social network will be one where no bots whatsoever are allowed.

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Simon Willison

@simonw

Forget em dashes, "game changer" is the real giveaway for LLM generated text (especially for bots on here)

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Theo - t3.gg

@theo

The porn bots on this app leveled up. Must have changed models or something. They now spam replies with relevant points. I just saw one talking about React Server Components

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

One of the most insane things I found about bots on X: there are thousands of accounts that post “Please unpause my monetization” and they get thousands of comments saying “I hope you get it turned back on, brother.” But when researching why they were paused: None of them were paused. They’re just bots that use the topic to create fake engagement and show up in search—to juice their monetization.

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Lisan al Gaib

@scaling01

X is probably dying the same way Facebook died it's 90% bots on this platform and Elon does nothing

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Beff (e/acc)

@beffjezos

This platform is a condensate of bots, political psyops, and launch videos at this point

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Beff (e/acc)

@beffjezos

None of my friends see my posts. Replies are just LLM slop/ bots. It's over tbh.

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hesam

@Hesamation

X is full of bots. LinkedIn is full of people stretching backwards to look like bots.

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Joscha Bach

@Plinz

The conversation functionality of X is still fundamentally broken. Threads by large accounts are infested by bots, and charged issues trigger sycophancy and screeching. Why not give thread starters the power to moderate, so they can compete on follower cultivation ability?

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bayes

@bayeslord

it is an irony of history and technology that elon tried to unbuy twitter because of bots and now because of ai the bot problem is at least a thousand times worse than it was

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

If we purged all accounts with more than 2 emojis in their bio, it would be 99.99% bots

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Joscha Bach

@Plinz

My timeline of mutuals is still useful, but the “For you” tab is deranged, and when I open the comment threads below an Elon or anti Elon post I just want to automute everyone. I think it’s time to switch to a private client to filter bots and demagoguery

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bayes

@bayeslord

on this app I swim among bots. on substack I swim among former aspiring new yorker essayists

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Henry Shevlin

@dioscuri

I’m seeing more and more Reddit comments with a subtly AI-generated style, even in niche community subreddits where there’s no obvious motive for bots. Makes me wonder if it’s people (a) internalising ChatGPT’s style, or (b) literally using ChatGPT to write their comments.

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Peach

@nerdylilpeach

not to be a conspiracy theorist but i really do believe a lot of social media is filled with paid actors and bots created specifically to make people think that certain beliefs are widely accepted and much more common than they are irl to slowly change public opinion and groom people into accepting these things as good, normal, or fact so that people do not resist as much

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Priya Patel

@priyaee_

I love that every time I talk about immigration I end up rage baiting Leftists and Indian bots into being so insanely racist lol

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@levelsio

@levelsio

I still think the biggest existence risk for X is AI reply bots They're rampant and my understanding of AI is you can only detect an AI reply with a model that's bigger/smarter than the model it's written with That means you're in an endless cat and mouse game for the infinite future So you need some other way to stop AI replies

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dax

@thdxr

fuck all these AI replies it's really killing any ability to interact with people on here - any big account is full of bots replying if you make a product that helps people run these bots you are garbage scum

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Balaji

@balajis

An important kind of social network will be one where no bots whatsoever are allowed.

S

Simon Willison

@simonw

Forget em dashes, "game changer" is the real giveaway for LLM generated text (especially for bots on here)

T

Theo - t3.gg

@theo

The porn bots on this app leveled up. Must have changed models or something. They now spam replies with relevant points. I just saw one talking about React Server Components

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

One of the most insane things I found about bots on X: there are thousands of accounts that post “Please unpause my monetization” and they get thousands of comments saying “I hope you get it turned back on, brother.” But when researching why they were paused: None of them were paused. They’re just bots that use the topic to create fake engagement and show up in search—to juice their monetization.

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Lisan al Gaib

@scaling01

X is probably dying the same way Facebook died it's 90% bots on this platform and Elon does nothing

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Beff (e/acc)

@beffjezos

This platform is a condensate of bots, political psyops, and launch videos at this point

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Beff (e/acc)

@beffjezos

None of my friends see my posts. Replies are just LLM slop/ bots. It's over tbh.

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hesam

@Hesamation

X is full of bots. LinkedIn is full of people stretching backwards to look like bots.

J

Joscha Bach

@Plinz

The conversation functionality of X is still fundamentally broken. Threads by large accounts are infested by bots, and charged issues trigger sycophancy and screeching. Why not give thread starters the power to moderate, so they can compete on follower cultivation ability?

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bayes

@bayeslord

it is an irony of history and technology that elon tried to unbuy twitter because of bots and now because of ai the bot problem is at least a thousand times worse than it was

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

If we purged all accounts with more than 2 emojis in their bio, it would be 99.99% bots

J

Joscha Bach

@Plinz

My timeline of mutuals is still useful, but the “For you” tab is deranged, and when I open the comment threads below an Elon or anti Elon post I just want to automute everyone. I think it’s time to switch to a private client to filter bots and demagoguery

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bayes

@bayeslord

on this app I swim among bots. on substack I swim among former aspiring new yorker essayists

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Henry Shevlin

@dioscuri

I’m seeing more and more Reddit comments with a subtly AI-generated style, even in niche community subreddits where there’s no obvious motive for bots. Makes me wonder if it’s people (a) internalising ChatGPT’s style, or (b) literally using ChatGPT to write their comments.

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Peach

@nerdylilpeach

not to be a conspiracy theorist but i really do believe a lot of social media is filled with paid actors and bots created specifically to make people think that certain beliefs are widely accepted and much more common than they are irl to slowly change public opinion and groom people into accepting these things as good, normal, or fact so that people do not resist as much

P

Priya Patel

@priyaee_

I love that every time I talk about immigration I end up rage baiting Leftists and Indian bots into being so insanely racist lol

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Sean Sweeney

@seandsweeney

Amazing the amount of fake accounts and bots replying “Good!” to this post. This app has fallen so far.

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hoodgenius

@hoodg3nius

All of the MAGA accounts you see with a blue checkmark are 95% AI They are NOT real, you literally arguing with a bot And if they are real, they are still bots because there’s nothing in their fucking head

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Don Winslow

@donwinslow

The amount of fake accounts on X is staggering. The amount of foreign controlled bots spreading misinformation on X is staggering. The amount of fake accounts and bots attacking working together to attack factual information is staggering.

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vik

@vikhyatk

the worst bots are the ones that post a question in your replies that you have to think about and actually answer, meanwhile you’re just an engagement metric to them. i preferred the crypto spam.

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

This week we purged 1.7 million bots engaging in reply spam. You should start noticing improvements in the coming days. We will be focusing on DM spam next.

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gabe

@allgarbled

Wow. 30,000 followers. My analysis suggests that at least 25% of you are bots. But that’s okay. These days robots can have consciousness and souls too. So the bots deserve to be counted.

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gabe

@allgarbled

Been getting a bunch of followers recently and I thought I was doing a great job, like wow posts must be really good these days. Until I realized they are all bots.

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Chris

@chatgpt21

This post has 2k likes and only 5 comments (including me and a friend) Anti AI people sure do love using bots

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Tank

@iamtank_

The amount of porn bots on this app makes me not even wanna use it anymore.

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dax

@thdxr

there's x bots that consistently manage to trick people into engaging - they're mostly run by lame people trying to grow their account now imagine how effective the more malicious efforts must be really need to solve 1 human = 1 account

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gabe

@allgarbled

If you slow down and pay attention to what you’re consuming, you realize what a sloptank this place is. But they keep you coming back by every so often giving you a delicious little morsel in the midst of all the piggie slop. Oink oink.

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Coltybrah

@coltybrah

seems like the x algo killed all the niche Twitter communities. Shits just full of viral slop now. Where do niche communities even live nowadays?? Kinda miss the old forum days

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roon

@tszzl

i believe slop is a metaphysical phenomenon that surrounds worship objects without cult value and therefore will persist forever

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Dylan O'Sullivan

@DylanoA4

The danger with slop is that, unlike how fast food visibly destroys your body, its destruction of your mind is invisible to you, because it's destroying the thing that sees, you become like a painter losing his sight who can't see his self-portraits bear less and less resemblance

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atlas

@creatine_cycle

average x dot com the everything app timeline: - elon politics - esoteric IQ-based race science - "you can just do stuff" - AI generated accelerationist slop - a shitc**n of your favourite poster

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Rob Hallam

@robj3d3

The X algorithm is literally just engagement bait now Please revert the latest update @nikitabier

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roon

@tszzl

new algo is maxxing out the rage bait. everyone is rageing. you can feel the shifts in the collective unconscious as nikita monkeys around back there

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Sean Sweeney

@seandsweeney

Amazing the amount of fake accounts and bots replying “Good!” to this post. This app has fallen so far.

h

hoodgenius

@hoodg3nius

All of the MAGA accounts you see with a blue checkmark are 95% AI They are NOT real, you literally arguing with a bot And if they are real, they are still bots because there’s nothing in their fucking head

D

Don Winslow

@donwinslow

The amount of fake accounts on X is staggering. The amount of foreign controlled bots spreading misinformation on X is staggering. The amount of fake accounts and bots attacking working together to attack factual information is staggering.

v

vik

@vikhyatk

the worst bots are the ones that post a question in your replies that you have to think about and actually answer, meanwhile you’re just an engagement metric to them. i preferred the crypto spam.

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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

This week we purged 1.7 million bots engaging in reply spam. You should start noticing improvements in the coming days. We will be focusing on DM spam next.

g

gabe

@allgarbled

Wow. 30,000 followers. My analysis suggests that at least 25% of you are bots. But that’s okay. These days robots can have consciousness and souls too. So the bots deserve to be counted.

g

gabe

@allgarbled

Been getting a bunch of followers recently and I thought I was doing a great job, like wow posts must be really good these days. Until I realized they are all bots.

C

Chris

@chatgpt21

This post has 2k likes and only 5 comments (including me and a friend) Anti AI people sure do love using bots

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Tank

@iamtank_

The amount of porn bots on this app makes me not even wanna use it anymore.

d

dax

@thdxr

there's x bots that consistently manage to trick people into engaging - they're mostly run by lame people trying to grow their account now imagine how effective the more malicious efforts must be really need to solve 1 human = 1 account

g

gabe

@allgarbled

If you slow down and pay attention to what you’re consuming, you realize what a sloptank this place is. But they keep you coming back by every so often giving you a delicious little morsel in the midst of all the piggie slop. Oink oink.

C

Coltybrah

@coltybrah

seems like the x algo killed all the niche Twitter communities. Shits just full of viral slop now. Where do niche communities even live nowadays?? Kinda miss the old forum days

r

roon

@tszzl

i believe slop is a metaphysical phenomenon that surrounds worship objects without cult value and therefore will persist forever

D

Dylan O'Sullivan

@DylanoA4

The danger with slop is that, unlike how fast food visibly destroys your body, its destruction of your mind is invisible to you, because it's destroying the thing that sees, you become like a painter losing his sight who can't see his self-portraits bear less and less resemblance

a

atlas

@creatine_cycle

average x dot com the everything app timeline: - elon politics - esoteric IQ-based race science - "you can just do stuff" - AI generated accelerationist slop - a shitc**n of your favourite poster

R

Rob Hallam

@robj3d3

The X algorithm is literally just engagement bait now Please revert the latest update @nikitabier

r

roon

@tszzl

new algo is maxxing out the rage bait. everyone is rageing. you can feel the shifts in the collective unconscious as nikita monkeys around back there