Indirect causal influence of a single bot on opinion dynamics through a simple recommendation algorithm

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<p>The ability of social and political bots to influence public opinion is often difficult to estimate. Recent studies found that hyper-partisan accounts often directly interact with already highly polarised users on Twitter and are unlikely to influence the general population's average opinion. In this study, we suggest that social bots, trolls and zealots may affect people’s views not just via a direct interacti...

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f67bce4d-0d90-5cf8-af1f-7f1b676034a5

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/qhmrt