Bot Sentinel
Automatically identify inauthentic accounts and toxic Twitter trolls.
What is Bot Sentinel?
"Bot Sentinel" is a free, non-partisan Firefox add-on that employs machine learning and artificial intelligence to automatically detect and track inauthentic Twitter accounts and toxic trolls. It hosts these accounts in a public database accessible to all users - improving Twitter's environment.
Add-on stats
By: BotSentinel.com
Rating: 3.99
(134)
Creation date: 2018-04-04
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- *://botsentinel.com/*
- *://*.botsentinel.com/*
- *://twitter.com/*
- *://*.twitter.com/*
- storage
Size: 186.23K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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Add-on summary
Bot Sentinel is a free non-partisan platform developed to classify and track inauthentic accounts and toxic trolls. The platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to classify Twitter accounts, and then adds the accounts to a publicly available database that anyone can browse.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Helps identify inauthentic and problematic Twitter users
- Saves time by allowing users to block, mute, and report as necessary
- Reasonably accurate in identifying bots and fake followers
Cons
- May have political bias leading to inaccurate ratings
- Some users experienced unknown or incorrect ratings
- Reports of GDPR violations and potential malware
Most mentioned
- Political bias
- Unknown or incorrect ratings
- GDPR violations
- Useful for identifying problematic Twitter users
Recent reviews
by geeknik, 2024-06-23
by geeknik, 2024-06-23
The vast majority of accounts show "unknown" and I have to click and wait for over a minute to get a report, which sometimes never happens. Also, a very obvious bot was marked as "normal", so it's not even reliable when all the stars are aligned. Uninstalled after a few minutes.
by n/a, 2024-04-02
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Bot Sentinel requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Bot Sentinel has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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