Not all Twitter bots are bad – they just all need labels


Twitter now requires developers to label their bot accounts as such. — AFP

Twitter has updated and simplified their Developer Policy. Now all bots, even "high-quality" bots that provide positive experiences for users, need to be clearly labeled as such.

This week, in addition to revising its Developer Policy to be easier for developers to understand and follow, Twitter also added a few new rules including one that requires people to label bot accounts "so it's easier for everyone on Twitter to know what's a bot – and what's not".

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