Is Dan Snyder using a bot farm? Social media is getting too dangerous (3/8)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘bots’ as in robots as in bot farms as in fake social media accounts that have taken over the internet. Why are you talking about bots? Well, WFT owner Daniel Snyder has been accused of using bots to spread stories online about the GOOD that the Washington Football Team is doing. Snyder has denied this. (9:22) What other online drama is happening? How about the Pittsburgh Penguins photoshopping masks on fans? Woof. (18:00) Trevor Bauer pitched over the weekend, that isn’t the important part… the important part is that after the game he said he pitched with one eye closed! Said he wanted to challenge himself. (26:49) Review: Coming 2 America. (30:33) NPPOD - let’s talk about the NBA All Star Game. It had everything you would want and not want. (39:25) Wait to see update: Blake Griffin has signed with the Brooklyn Nets. (42:13) Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sat down with Oprah and went off on the royal family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here you go.
0:07.0	Here you go.
0:15.0	But nothing personal word of the day, Monday, March 8, 2021.
0:20.6	The word is bot.
0:23.2	What's a bot you may be asking?
0:24.6	Well, you shouldn't be asking.
0:26.2	Bots as in robots, bots are not people.
0:30.0	Bots are things that make people have more followers on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook.
0:34.8	I love Facebook's just friends.
0:36.0	So forget that.
0:37.0	Ready?
0:38.0	Coca, it's Monday.
0:39.8	But nothing personal word of the day, March 8, 2021.
0:45.2	The word is bot.
0:47.6	I have no bots.
0:49.2	You can buy bots.
0:51.0	All you have to do is go online if you have a Twitter account.
0:54.0	I don't think you need the white check.
0:55.3	It doesn't matter.
0:56.3	I think you can just buy followers, but they're not real followers.
0:58.7	They're fake followers.
0:59.7	They're just accounts.
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