Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

No, it is relevant. When the curtain is pulled back and it is revealed that all of the accounts are bots, advertisers will stop spending money with Twitter.



If the ads are converting all the way through the chain, they don't really have any reason to care whether it's "bots" making those purchases and service sign-ups or not.


That's a big if. Bots don't typically spend money.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: