Topic

Bot-driven online outrage

3 mentions in 1 episode

The hosts discuss estimates that automated accounts amplified reactions to Cracker Barrel's logo change.

Mentions

716: Release the CrackerBot!

  • 22:44

    nearly half of the early posts about Cracker Barrel's logo change appeared to be generated by bots

  • 23:21

    a bot-assisted amplification seeded by meme and activist accounts

  • 24:23

    outrage cycles that aren't even run by humans anymore