Personally, I don't have an issue with bots on a platform, as long as they are there to be helpful. In the case of Twitter, I would restrict bots from being able to reply to tweets^, retweet, or like. Only output original things (like automated messaging) or restrict it to DMs. And possibly restrict the use of @s and #s in those tweets so they can't affect trending. That way you can seriously cut down the signal to noise ratio and also make it much easier to spot a bot account.
And please put a BOT label on every bot account and tweet they send. This should be a hard requirement.
^ However, this would interfere with bots like the threading or videothis types. So maybe not apply that restriction.
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"The number of active real users and followers on Twitter has been greatly exaggerated..." - Inactive Twitter Users.
Bots and verified users have ruined the platform.
Personally, I don't have an issue with bots on a platform, as long as they are there to be helpful. In the case of Twitter, I would restrict bots from being able to reply to tweets^, retweet, or like. Only output original things (like automated messaging) or restrict it to DMs. And possibly restrict the use of @s and #s in those tweets so they can't affect trending. That way you can seriously cut down the signal to noise ratio and also make it much easier to spot a bot account.
And please put a BOT label on every bot account and tweet they send. This should be a hard requirement.
^ However, this would interfere with bots like the threading or videothis types. So maybe not apply that restriction.