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Antispam bot goes sentient, tries to save us from Twitter

By Paul Boutin, 3:20 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008, 678 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Too bad about your follower count. Sorry bro. Twitter's latest antispam measure got a little crazy, locking out new followers and — depending who you believe — either removing legit followers or showing just how much of your fan club are silicon instead of carbon-based. (Screengrab by ReadWriteWeb)

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