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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion en/lessons/intro-to-twitterbots.md
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This lesson explains how to create simple twitterbots using the [Tracery generative grammar](http://tracery.io) and the [Cheap Bots Done Quick](http://cheapbotsdonequick.com/) service. Tracery exists in multiple languages and can be integrated into websites, games, bots. You may fork it [on github here](https://github.com/galaxykate/tracery/tree/tracery2).

## Why bots?
Strictly speaking, a twitter bot is a piece of software for automated controlling a Twitter account. When thousands of these are created and are tweeting more or less the same message, they have the ability to shape discourse on Twitter which then can influence other media discourses. Bots of this kind [can even be seen as credible sources of information](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563213003129). Projects such as [Documenting the Now](http://www.docnow.io/) are creating tools to allow researchers to create and query archives of social media around current events - and which will naturally contain many bot-generated posts. In this tutorial, I want to demonstrate how one can build a simple twitterbot so that, knowing how they operate, historians may more easily spot the bots in our archives - and perhaps counter with bots of their own.
Strictly speaking, a twitter bot is a piece of software for automated controlling a Twitter account. When thousands of these are created and are tweeting more or less the same message, they have the ability to shape discourse on Twitter which then can influence other media discourses. Bots of this kind [can even be seen as credible sources of information](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563213003129). Projects such as [Documenting the Now](https://www.docnow.io/) are creating tools to allow researchers to create and query archives of social media around current events - and which will naturally contain many bot-generated posts. In this tutorial, I want to demonstrate how one can build a simple twitterbot so that, knowing how they operate, historians may more easily spot the bots in our archives - and perhaps counter with bots of their own.

But I believe also that there is space in digital history and the digital humanities more generally for creative, expressive, artistic work. I belive that there is space for programming historians to use the affordances of digital media to create _things_ that could not otherwise exist to move us, to inspire us, to challenge us. There is room for satire; there is room for comment. With Mark Sample, I believe that there is a need for '[bots of conviction](https://medium.com/@samplereality/a-protest-bot-is-a-bot-so-specific-you-cant-mistake-it-for-bullshit-90fe10b7fbaa)'.

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- [College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University](https://la.psu.edu/), United States
- [University of Bristol Library](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/), United Kingdom
- [University of Sheffield Library](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library), United Kingdom
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), United Kingdom
- [Department of Information Studies, University College London](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/), United Kingdom
- [University of York](https://www.york.ac.uk/), United Kingdom
- [University of Oxford](https://www.ox.ac.uk), United Kingdom
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- [Iowa State University Library](https://www.lib.iastate.edu/), United States
- [University of Edinburgh Library](https://library.ed.ac.uk/), United Kingdom
- [University of Cambridge](https://www.cam.ac.uk/), United Kingdom
- [Zentralbibliothek Zürich](https://www.zb.uzh.ch/), Switzerland

We welcome enquiries from prospective [Institutional Partner Programme](ipp) contributors.

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- [Sussex Humanities Lab](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/), United Kingdom [2022-2024]
- [University of Lancaster Library](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/), United Kingdom [2022-2024]
- [Purdue University](https://www.purdue.edu/), United States [2021-2025]
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), United Kingdom [2022-2026]
- [Department of Digital Humanities](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh) and [Department of History](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/history), King's College London, United Kingdom [2022-2026]

## Additional Supporters
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- [College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University](https://la.psu.edu/), Estados Unidos
- [University of Bristol Library](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/), Reino Unido
- [University of Sheffield Library](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library), Reino Unido
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [Department of Information Studies, University College London](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/), Reino Unido
- [University of York](https://www.york.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [University of Oxford](https://www.ox.ac.uk), Reino Unido
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- [Iowa State University Library](https://www.lib.iastate.edu/), Estados Unidos
- [University of Edinburgh Library](https://library.ed.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [University of Cambridge](https://www.cam.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [Zentralbibliothek Zürich](https://www.zb.uzh.ch/), Suiza

Son bienvenidas las consultas de potenciales contribuidores del [Programa de Instituciones Asociadas](pia).

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- [Roskilde University Library](https://ruc.dk/en/roskilde-university-library), Dinamarca [2021-2024]
- [Sussex Humanities Lab](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/), Reino Unido [2022-2024]
- [University of Lancaster Library](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/), Reino Unido [2022-2024]
- [Purdue University](https://www.purdue.edu/), Estados Unidos [2021-2025]
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Reino Unido [2022-2026]
- [Purdue University](https://www.purdue.edu/), Estados Unidos [2021-2025]
- [Department of Digital Humanities](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh) and [Department of History](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/history), King's College London, Reino Unido [2022-2026]

## Colaboradores adicionales
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- [College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University](https://la.psu.edu/), États-Unis
- [University of Bristol Library](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/), Royaume-Uni
- [University of Sheffield Library](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library), Royaume-Uni
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni
- [Department of Information Studies, University College London](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/), Royaume-Uni
- [University of York](https://www.york.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni
- [University of Oxford](https://www.ox.ac.uk), Royaume-Uni
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- [Iowa State University Library](https://www.lib.iastate.edu/), États-Unis
- [University of Edinburgh Library](https://library.ed.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni
- [University of Cambridge](https://www.cam.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni
- [Zentralbibliothek Zürich](https://www.zb.uzh.ch/), Suisse


Nous accueillons volontiers les demandes de renseignements des contributeurs potentiels au [Partenariat institutionnel](pi).
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- [Sussex Humanities Lab](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/), Royaume-Uni [2022-2024]
- [University of Lancaster Library](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni [2022-2024]
- [Purdue University](https://www.purdue.edu/), États-Unis [2021-2025]
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Royaume-Uni [2022-2026]
- [Department of Digital Humanities](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh) and [Department of History](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/history), King's College London, Royaume-Uni [2022-2026]

## Soutien additionnel
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- [College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University](https://la.psu.edu/), Estados Unidos
- [University of Bristol Library](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/), Reino Unido
- [University of Sheffield Library](https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library), Reino Unido
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [Department of Information Studies, University College London](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/), Reino Unido
- [University of York](https://www.york.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [University of Oxford](https://www.ox.ac.uk), Reino Unido
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- [Iowa State University Library](https://www.lib.iastate.edu/), Estados Unidos
- [University of Edinburgh Library](https://library.ed.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [University of Cambridge](https://www.cam.ac.uk/), Reino Unido
- [Zentralbibliothek Zürich](https://www.zb.uzh.ch/), Suíça

Aceitamos consultas de possíveis contribuintes para o [Programa de Parceria Institucional](/pt/ppi).

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- [Sussex Humanities Lab](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-humanities-lab/), Reino Unido [2022-2024]
- [University of Lancaster Library](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/), Reino Unido [2022-2024]
- [Purdue University](https://www.purdue.edu/), Estados Unidos [2021-2025]
- [School of Advanced Study, University of London](https://www.sas.ac.uk/), Reino Unido [2022-2026]
- [Department of Digital Humanities](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ddh) and [Department of History](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/history), King's College London, Reino Unido [2022-2026]

## Parceiros adicionais
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