Table 1 Percentage of retweets and quote tweets by users, divided by type. Bots and suspended users are not very supportive of each other and their activity focuses on retweeting genuine accounts, thus generating noise and fostering discussions that are already present
User type | Tot % | Retweeted user type | Quoted user type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suspended | Bots | Non-bots | Verified | Suspended | Bots | Non-bots | Verified | ||
Suspended | 8.58% | 7.55% | 1.18% | 48.35% | 42.92% | 7.31% | 0.82% | 43.54% | 48.33% |
Bots | 5.6% | 3.86% | 3.69% | 43.85% | 48.6% | 2.18% | 6.4% | 34.17% | 57.25% |
Non-bots | 84.51% | 3.45% | 0.72% | 54.11% | 41.72% | 3.02% | 0.56% | 47.19% | 49.23% |
Verified | 1.32% | 0.82% | 0.47% | 34.43% | 64.28% | 1.25% | 0.42% | 26.06% | 72.27% |