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Originally Posted by TheDebaser
There are clearly programs that can automatically tweet stuff.
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It's not "stuff"... the script is simply
replying - a Twitter reply includes the handle of the source tweet (which is what has sunk the Habs here) and, in the case of the Habs' script, an automatically generated pre-scripted message. The program may also
natively retweet, which includes the handle of the source tweet as well as the source content in its entirety. The script is not generating random content... it's either replying to tweets sent to the Habs, or in the case of this stupid promotion, parsing the list of handles who have recently followed the account and sending them said pre-scripted message.