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[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If a user is way too active or is erratic, they might be a bot.

[–]Nemacolin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But I do not understand what someone is trying to do? Is it something about generating clicks for some reason?

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It depends on who is running the bot and there is no knowing who is doing it. It might be a political party, a country (usually one of its agencies), an agency within the US, or a corporation. I guess there are other possibilities but you get the idea. You just don't know who you are talking to nowadays. Usually they want to sell an idea or a product.