‘Twitter Is Killing Off the Fun Bots’
Katie Notopoulos and Pranav Dixit, reporting for BuzzFeed News:
Other bots are simply just fun. @ca_dmv_bot tweets out
vanity plates that were rejected by the California Department of
Motor Vehicles, along with the DMV’s reasoning. The bot’s creation
was inspired by a Los Angeles magazine article about
rejected plates, which revealed that they’re often incredibly
funny.
Fantastic Twitter account, run by a 15-year-old kid.
Some bots are just pleasant and surprising additions to your
timeline. Joe Schoech of Vermont runs @_restaurant_bot
(random photos of restaurants from Google Maps),
@_weather_bot_ (current weather conditions from
randomized places around the world), @everygoodfella
(screenshots of every second of the movie Goodfellas), and a few
others. He also doesn’t plan on paying and is considering moving
them all to Mastodon.
“It’s over,” he told BuzzFeed News. “Bots are maybe the best part
about Twitter! I follow a ton of them, they’re cool and weird, and
I will miss them. Fuck Elon, I never liked that guy.”
Amen, brother.
Onward to Mastodon.
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Katie Notopoulos and Pranav Dixit, reporting for BuzzFeed News:
Other bots are simply just fun. @ca_dmv_bot tweets out
vanity plates that were rejected by the California Department of
Motor Vehicles, along with the DMV’s reasoning. The bot’s creation
was inspired by a Los Angeles magazine article about
rejected plates, which revealed that they’re often incredibly
funny.
Fantastic Twitter account, run by a 15-year-old kid.
Some bots are just pleasant and surprising additions to your
timeline. Joe Schoech of Vermont runs @_restaurant_bot
(random photos of restaurants from Google Maps),
@_weather_bot_ (current weather conditions from
randomized places around the world), @everygoodfella
(screenshots of every second of the movie Goodfellas), and a few
others. He also doesn’t plan on paying and is considering moving
them all to Mastodon.
“It’s over,” he told BuzzFeed News. “Bots are maybe the best part
about Twitter! I follow a ton of them, they’re cool and weird, and
I will miss them. Fuck Elon, I never liked that guy.”
Amen, brother.
Onward to Mastodon.