Cracker Barrel logo outrage initially driven by botnet
The Cracker Barrel “outrage” was bot-infested from the outset, according to research into the bizarre story’s genesis. About half the early postings and a quarter of the total were inauthentic: “the initiators are ideological activist accounts with prior culture-war posting histories, supported by botnets.”
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