Thinkpiecebot's Thinkiest Pieces

Nora Reed has developed tons of popular Twitter bots. Their works include infinite_scream, breathebot_10, hydratebot, bad_passwords, botblique, NerdGarbageBot, DOTHINGSBOT, and many more. Today I'll higlight @Thinkpiecebot, a bot that tweets made-up opinion piece titles; often they're prime clickbait--- if only they were real.

Top Tweets

Data analysis is difficult both because the bot is prolific, and because Reed has at times used the bot account to voice their own concerns. The list below is edited to remove obvious commentary, but some of the content may have been inserted by hand.

Date	Text	Retweets	Likes
Fri Oct 12 15:12:47 +0000 2018	Anime Is Shameful Nonsense	34	59
Mon Jul 02 07:11:44 +0000 2018	Why Are Millennials So Obsessed With "The Boys Are Back In Town"?	25	70
Wed Aug 01 05:11:59 +0000 2018	As A White Dude, I Really Think We Should Focus On Upper-Class Americans Instead Of The Global Rise Of White Supremacy	21	74
Sun Jul 22 07:11:52 +0000 2018	I Was Too Busy Writing About Artisinal Cheese To Warn Y'all About The Rise Of Fascism, Oops	20	80
Thu Jul 26 00:11:56 +0000 2018	Noodles and Steven Universe: Not As Badly Paired As You'd Think	14	87
Tue Oct 09 16:16:02 +0000 2018	I Was Too Busy Writing About Outrage Culture To Warn Y'all About The Rise Of Fascism, Oops	23	79
Thu Sep 20 04:12:21 +0000 2018	Do Teens Have A Shitposting Problem?	31	72
Mon Sep 24 08:12:22 +0000 2018	The New Craze In Brooklyn Is Artisan White Fragility	20	83
Mon Oct 08 05:13:04 +0000 2018	How Death Can Ruin YOUR Marriage	27	77
Wed Sep 19 05:12:24 +0000 2018	Well, Fascism Is Normal Now, Let's Talk About Gender Theory Instead	27	82
Thu Jul 12 10:11:46 +0000 2018	How Big Dick Energy Is The Biggest Threat To The American Community	31	81
Mon Aug 20 01:12:07 +0000 2018	Wow! This KKK Member Does Yoga!	17	95
Mon Jul 30 00:13:17 +0000 2018	In Defence Of Shitposting	31	84
Thu Oct 18 03:12:47 +0000 2018	Are The Youths Getting High On Polyamory?	37	86
Mon Jul 30 20:22:38 +0000 2018	Millennials Could Afford Families If They Stopped Spending Money On Sarcophogus Juice	50	105
Sat Jun 23 03:11:40 +0000 2018	As A White Dude, I Really Think We Should Focus On Getting Offended Instead Of The Global Rise Of White Supremacy	47	118
Sun Jul 22 00:11:51 +0000 2018	Millennials Are Right To Oppose Nazis But Not In A Way That Blocks Traffic	47	123
Thu Jun 28 02:11:44 +0000 2018	Are Millennials Getting High On Explicit Parallels Between Modern America And Nazi Germany?	47	132
Wed Sep 19 03:12:45 +0000 2018	This Op-Ed About Hookup Culture Will Surely Distract You From Global Fascism	55	171

Historical Popularity

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Bonus Bot: infinite_scream

This is a bot that just screams. If you tweet to it, it'll scream back. What tweets do people like best? Well...

Date	Text	Retweets	Likes
Sat Oct 13 05:11:26 +0000 2018	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH	16	64
Mon Oct 15 07:11:27 +0000 2018	AH	17	65
Thu Oct 18 06:41:32 +0000 2018	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH	24	61
Mon Oct 15 14:01:36 +0000 2018	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH	25	63
Fri Oct 19 05:21:09 +0000 2018	@ LIHIpdx AAAAAAAAA AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH	2	91
Fri Oct 12 22:46:12 +0000 2018	@ fakersmason AAHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHH	2	93
Sun Oct 07 06:21:20 +0000 2018	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH	31	73
Tue Oct 16 22:01:33 +0000 2018	AH	26	96
Sun Oct 07 15:11:15 +0000 2018	@ py_ebarry AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAHHHHHH	3	172
Wed Oct 10 15:16:16 +0000 2018	@ Sifakao1 AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH	19	507

I have a very short time window on this bot--- you'll note that all these are just this month.