There's something strange going on over at #Twitter / #X. Not trying to start any conspiracy theories, but I’ll visit my profile after a long hiatus, scroll around a bit without interacting with any Xoots or whatever the hell, and a few moments later I'll get followed by a spam bot.
How would a bot know I was recently active on the service? Seems ... suspicious.
Andrew Leahey /
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2023-08-06 11:34:09
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2023-08-06 11:34:09Event JSON
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