[New post] A man built a Twitter bot that automatically entered and won 1,000 contests

sskarthik posted: "Social networks like Twitter and Facebook are often used for marketing, and many accounts hold contests to generate buzz around a product or event. Anyone can enter them and win the prizes, but one man took it upon himself to create a Twitter bot that wou" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info A man built a Twitter bot that automatically entered and won 1,000 contests by sskarthik Social networks like Twitter and Facebook are often used for marketing, and many accounts hold contests to generate buzz around a product or event. Anyone can enter them and win the prizes, but one man took it upon himself to create a Twitter bot that would automatically enter every contest it could find, without raising any flags. The robot entered 165,000 contests over the course of nine months, and it won prizes 1,000 of them. DON'T MISS: I just watched my smartphone case heal itself from scratches Hunter Scott, the man behind this unusual achievement, created a Python script for the project. The bot logged into Twitter, followed accounts and retweeted tweets to enter all the contests it could find. Scott revealed in a post Read more... sskarthik | August 13, 2015 at 7:51 pm | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3eUT Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/a-man-built-a-twitter-bot-that-automatically-entered-and-won-1000-contests/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com