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I discovered that thousands of bots monitor every new link posted on X

· Pieter Levels · Oct. 8, 2026, 8:50 p.m.
privacy Social Media bots algorithms
Summary
The author shares a surprising discovery about the existence of numerous bots that monitor every new link shared on the platform X, prompting considerations of privacy and algorithm manipulation.
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