The two types of accounts are mutually exclusive.

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A troll is different from a bot because it is a real user, whereas bots are automated. The two types of accounts are mutually exclusive.

Trolling activity is not limited to trolls, however . DFRLab has thailand mobile database observed that trolls use bots to amplify some of their messages. For example, in August 2017, troll accounts amplified by bots targeted DFRLab after an article about the Charlottesville protests. In this regard, bots can and have been used for trolling purposes .





A botnet is a network of bot accounts operated by the same individual or group . Those who operate botnets, which require initial human intervention before deployment , are called bot "herders" or "herders" . Bots operate in networks because they are designed to create social media engagement that makes the topic on which the botnet is deployed appear more highly engaged by "real" users than it actually is. On social media platforms, engagement begets more engagement, so a successful botnet puts the topic on which it is deployed in front of more real users.