forgotoldacc 4 days ago

The vast majority of Twitter posts are by bots, so 44.5% seems like a higher proportion of humans than usual. The Cracker Barrel thing was a hot topic amongst people I know for a good 48 hours.

It's more interesting to me how, without fail, a comment always pops in at the mention of Cracker Barrel to say "those were bots, fellow human."

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  • bmicraft 4 days ago

    If the "fueled by bots" comment wasn't here already I'd have written it.

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hajile 5 days ago

Did anyone short Cracker Barrel stock? If not, I have a hard time seeing why bots would have any interest in investing the time/money. There also didn't seem to be any political clout being gained by the complaints.

More real-world is that I know tons of friends/relatives in the South and I don't know of even ONE that liked the redesign.

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  • UltraSane 4 days ago

    Russia has gotten VERY good at amplifying any cultural differences or controversies in order to break US politics (and many other countries). If you hadn't noticed it has been VERY effective.

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    • MomsAVoxell 4 days ago

      If you haven't noticed, there is no evidence of your claims.

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      • janc_ 3 days ago

        There is in fact proof of this in the real world, where Russia has been paying people in Europe to do actions that rile up "the left" & "the right" (in both directions).

        It would be quite naive to think they don't do the same in the virtual world of the internet, where it is even cheaper…

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      • wiseowise 4 days ago

        There's no evidence to disprove them either.

        Bots aren't necessarily aimed to promote "glorious motherland" directly, there are probably hundreds of people on a payroll searching for easy, popular targets to wreak havoc.

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      • UltraSane 4 days ago

        You just have to read Reddit and YouTube and Twitter comments to see all the evidence you need.

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    • Sanity_Check 4 days ago

          >Cracker Barrel
    >break US politics
      It's a restaurant logo bro, not a pillar of civic discourse.
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      • UltraSane 4 days ago

        It all adds up to an erosion of trust and increased political polarization.

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  • pstuart 5 days ago

    Rage baiting has value to certain groups.

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  • dhosek 5 days ago

    I recall reading somewhere about some investor who wanted to take control of cb who drove this, so less shorting and more opportunistic drive down the price to buy more shares at a lower price.

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mh- 4 days ago

> According to research obtained by the Wall Street Journal from PeakMetrics, 44.5% of X posts about Cracker Barrel on Aug. 20 (when the new logo began to go viral), were posted by “bots or likely bots,” rising to 49% at the peak of the controversy.

I wonder how much this differs from the percentage for any trending topic on X?

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