Bot Sentinel

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Automatically identify inauthentic accounts and toxic Twitter trolls.

Latest reviews

• (2023-03-31) Michael: I love the idea and it does help to identify bots. However, it is not accurate. For example, I've been on twitter since 2014, I rarely disparage individuals, post "fake news" or even curse. But yet, I'm at a 41% rating? The only thing I can figure is that people reporting you for anything can downgrade your rating.
• (2022-07-21) Nobody Important: Not very accurate. If an account drops a lot of F bombs, they get labelled disruptive. Meanwhile, malicious bot accounts are labelled as normal. As always, "AI" is a failure.
• (2022-04-28) 443: Be aware of this extension its is not accurate.
• (2022-04-13) Etro Abdeen: It would be great if it had the option to Only point out bots/fake accounts. Not a fan of the percentage rating as it seems arbitrary, considering other algorithms identified bot behaviour and this app gave them a 0%.
• (2022-03-30) T N: Good idea. terrible implementation.
• (2022-03-29) Egon Okerman: Recent update of Bot Sentinel broke Twitter layout for me
• (2022-03-29) Dusty Dionne: The work done by this app deserves a Nobel Prize. I have removed, with the help of this app, dozens of troll accounts through Twitter's report function. Bot Sentinel is a marvel at meting out who is a real person with real opinions, and who is a provocateur with an agenda, who doesnt debate in good faith. A simple download that is small and doesn't slow the computer in any way shape or form. Them you will begin seeing the ratings on people on Twitter. You can also click "Check User" on anyone at any time to get their updated rating. It is also GREAT for finding out if you yourself are not debating in good faith, as changing how you deal with your social media will change your rating. I found myself being too agro during the calamity that was Jan 6th, and my rating started trending to the toxic. I made changes and learned a new way to approach sensitive topics that I have strong opinions about. This is more than an app to find bad guys, at it's core Christopher Bouzy has given us an app to teach us how to treat each other.
• (2021-11-12) Richard: CONS MAD CONS MAD
• (2021-10-18) Cat Herder: I don't know how to search for people and see all the fake accounts they have used. A friend looked up a Romance Scammer for me and it showed he has had 8 different accounts, several still active. The main theme is pretending to be an Oslo, Norway green house owner. He used "Thor Erikson" in different versions and is now he is using @Georgeofnature and @naturelsker8 and uses photos stolen from Spanish actor Javier Delgado Tocho for his profile. Police think it's based in Nigeria.
• (2021-08-13) James M: When I first installed it seem pretty good but after a couple of years and no transparency into why it was rating accounts it has lost it's usefulness.
• (2021-08-04) Zyga Vie: The worst way to detect bots, period. If you have a 0% then it's safe to say that you're either a bot, a corp, or someone who doesn't want to get involved with anything, the higher rating only means they sometimes talk about political things (on any side).
• (2021-06-06) Ron Bailey: This service which claims to be nonpartisan has been used rather as a trolling radar by its owner Christopher Bouzy. Twitter accounts which voice opposition to the political views of Bouzy are now being flagged as disruptive and problematic. When challenged with this on Twitter Bouzy blocked me refusing even a discussion as to why. Not just mine but several accounts who have taken critical positions against the Democratic establishment have seen our trust ratings changed. Ms Tara Reade who has credibly accused Biden of sexual assault has seen her rating upgraded to disruptive leading to the view of such ratings are strictly political. The service even fails to identify actual bots Briahna Joy Gray recently had several identical comments on her posts all with a normal rating. Bot Sentinel recommends reporting "problematic" accounts to twitter which has caused many to lose their accounts, a fact Bouzy revels in twitter.com/cbouzy . As this tool is being used as a means of harassment I'm asking Google remove it from not just the Chrome App store but also the Play store as well until such time its very obvious political bias should and must be flagged. Anyone who has lost their accounts due to the mass reporting should file a complaint with https://onlinecensorship.org/
• (2021-06-05) Greg Kudasz: The author made a change to a stable algorithm that has turned people that were considered "normal" for years to suddenly DANGEROUS. The app automatically blocks these users so app users do not even know it. I have checked more than 100 profiles where this has happened and all of them lean differently politically. This multiyear trust building means that one person hit a switch to automatically block hundreds of thousands of people. I did not accuse him of censorship but expressed concern in a review that the AI is broken and his response was to attack me on twitter and get others to do the same. No one should have this kind of power but certainly not those that attack their own customers. A simple ratio check of those that went from < 10% to > 80% should show that either the new or old AI was broke. After his response and vetting 100 accounts, I now think his goal is to censor those that don't agree with him and I have a 4% score. The AI isn't picking on me but automatic censorship is dangerous and the AI is broken.
• (2021-06-04) Roy Kirby: I love this app. It helps with not getting dragged down rabbit holes on twitter by those posting just to be disruptive. If the person posting the tweet has a high Bot Sentinel it does not necessarily mean they are not genuine, but you should definitely take their views with a pinch of salt and investigate further before accepting any information in the tweet as being an honest and true opinion.
• (2021-06-01) M Munroe: Deceptive product. It mainly targets human left-wing activists, not bots.
• (2021-05-31) Raindrop Works: Software appeared to be useful, in it's advertised manner of identifying bots and 'troll accounts', but while the software claims to be 'nonpartisan', it appears to be getting an inappropriate amount of inherent bias in the data set from the developer, causing questionable readings. When I and others tried to ask the developer for more information to see if it was a bug, we were openly laughed at and some of us then blocked, preventing interaction with the developer.
• (2021-05-30) Billy Bell: I would not trust this app, many legitimate users are now suddenly being falsely flagged as problematic & disruptive bots.
• (2021-05-30) Dake: Doesn't work and is maintained by a politically motivated loser.
• (2021-01-11) COPPERSRUN123456: Seems like this extension generates random numbers for people but alright
• (2020-12-25) Magnus Orest: This is what could have been a useful tool, but the "machine learning model" is basically just a simple ad-hoc algorithm thrown together to count matching phrases without regard to the context and retweets of suspicious accounts without regard to the intent. That's not machine learning, it's been around since the VIC-20 was THE computer to have. This tool generates too many false positives to be useful.
• (2020-12-18) Robert Clancy: Wish you could make it hide for anyone with a normal rating.
• (2020-11-19) Coffea Pancake: This tool is NOT about detecting bots.
• (2020-11-02) Domobomb: It strikethroughs some tweets that it thinks is misinformation and you can't turn it off?
• (2020-11-01) Drew Meriborne (Wicked Storm): Works great on Twitter.com but shows 'unknown' tags under tweetdeck.twitter.com
• (2020-09-29) Stephen Davies: I looked at some obviously bot accounts (albeit inoffensive) yet these were classified as normal. So I don't think this app is about identifying bots but rather right-wing trolls.
• (2020-09-23) Michael Gord: This app developer is a well-known crypto scammer. he might use this plugin for further nefarious purposes. DELETE THIS EXTENSION!!!
• (2020-09-23) Leo: Author is a scumbag.
• (2020-09-19) Tim Rowberry: Great plugin. Every account I can find that it rates high is someone my world would be better without. I honestly haven't figured out the blocker yet but being able to see webs of people automatically tweeting simultaneously is eye-opening at the very least. Great tool against toxic group-think so common as one of the ill effect of the increasingly globalized world.
• (2020-09-12) machead57: This thing is a joke.
• (2020-09-03) Top Carnes: fod* d+ parabéns ao criador.
• (2020-09-01) Jake N: This is not a political extension. I repeat THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL extension. I've found problematic accoutns on various policital parties and groups. Both " liberal " and " conservative " groups are tagged as problematic if they act irratic in some fashion and other various factors. The algo works ! And I use it to report users all of the time.
• (2020-08-05) Daniel Wong: Useful, but it causes my Twitter feed to jump up and down, appears to be refreshing the scores and makes some posts appear and disappear.
• (2020-07-24) Amanda Coutinho: Gostei, traz veracidade aos conteúdos que buscamos na internet
• (2020-07-15) Fabiana Cecin: The "unknown" and "normal" assessments on every single tweet are too distracting. I don't care about "normal" ratings on messages. That's just clutter.
• (2020-07-09) Richard Holmes: Settngs (Red Text and Ratings) are not preserved across browser restarts. (Browser is Chromium for Linux.)
• (2020-07-06) Luiz Pedrão: A extensão pode ajudar e muito no combate à Fake News e bots da internet. Já seguia há muito o perfil do Twitter e agora a extensão vêm ajudado muito. Perfeito!
• (2020-07-06) Marcio Shima: This extension and all Bot Sentinel work are essential to this unhealthy fake news environment.
• (2020-07-05) Lulu Pernas Pino: I'm so glad I discovered Bot Sentinel for Chrome. I can't imagine NOT having it ever, especially during these uncertain times. While I still do my own research, I love the new misinformation feature it has added. It's free so donate if you can!
• (2020-07-05) NL G: The new version's tags showing users' scores are a bit intrusive, but overall, this is an extremely helpful tool!
• (2020-07-05) Npw 1234567: Awesome!
• (2020-07-05) Carol Dicks: I find this quite useful. I am still trying to figure out all it can do since their upgrades. I have just put in a support ticket to hopefully get an answer to one of my questions.
• (2020-07-05) Johnny Ferreira Birck: Extensão incrível ajuda muito no tt, além de não ser nada intrusiva
• (2020-07-05) poco curante: Essential tool for Twitter. Amazing how many folks are part of an army of propaganda trolls and bot trolls. Highly recommended.
• (2020-07-05) Steven Dempster: Haven't had it for long, and so far I haven't seen an account that was more than 40% bot, but it seems to highlight the right accounts
• (2020-07-05) Daniel Ramos: It works well to quickly identify probable bots on twitter!
• (2020-07-05) Z. B.: Really happy an extension like this exists.
• (2020-07-05) Elliott Branch: I love this extension. In an age where disinformation is rampant Bot Sentinel is the best early warning system I've seen for Twitter. Easy to use and unobtrusive.
• (2020-07-05) Marcus Trindade: Awesome tool!!!!
• (2020-07-05) Kevin Tobin: This app is an effective tool for cleansing your Twitter experience from malevolent troll bots. I've donated several times and will continue to do so.
• (2020-07-05) TaterSalad JD: I like this extension. It makes it quick and easy to see the usage patterns of other users. The latest version has changed the verbiage to better reflect what it's measuring. (normal usage patterns through disruptive...etc.) It makes some minor, innocuous, changes to both twitter and tweetdeck. I've been using it for a while now to block and/or report accounts behaving in bad faith. (e.g. racism, bot/botlike behavior, election manipulation...etc.)

Latest issues

• (2022-03-28, v:2.1.4) Dziban Molniya: Extension is making the text in quoted tweets the same color as the background
  Extension is making the text in quoted tweets the same color as the background in dark mode, rendering the text invisible. It also changes the font of that text. Turning off the extension resolves the issue. Happens on multiple Chromium-based browsers even if it's the only extension running. Please fix it!
• (2022-02-05, v:2.1.3) Sean Evans: Botsight Down??
  I am not getting any results today. Feb 5, 2022. Nothing shows in Twitter. 0 handles analyzed 30641 likely bots found since installation
• (2021-12-15, v:2.1.3) Ahmed Tedjini: Extension partially working
  There is no Bot Sentinel button on the tweets, and I cannot see a rating on my timeline. The only place where I see a rating is in the Suggestions block where accounts I don't follow are listed. I've whitelisted the extension for twitter.com and activated all options but it doesn't seem to work. Any advice as to how to make it work better?
• (2021-12-09, v:2.1.3) Jim MacDonald: not seeing scores in tweetdeck on MacOS
  I have BotSentinal installed in MacOS on Google Chrome and I dont' see bot sentinal scores on TweetDeck as advertised...
• (2021-08-10, v:2.1.0) Jeff Smith: Is a browser window restart required before the extension is activated?
  Clicking does nothing. I can see no reputation estimates as my friends are able and as displayed in the extension chrome store slideshow.
• (2021-05-28, v:2.1.0) Ken Haylock (Fat Biker): THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!
  STILL, EVERY TIME I TRY TO EXPORT A REPORT, I GET A .PNG FILE CONTAINING A PLAIN WHITE SQUARE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NO F-ING USE FOR ANY PURPOSE! I'd prefer a .Jpg, I'd settle for a .PNG _with the report I'm exporting in_.
• (2021-01-17, v:2.1.0) scout finch: Extension non functionality issue
  Used and loved Bot Sentinel for months without a hitch. Today, it no longer categorizes twitter accounts as bots/likely bots/bot-like behavior, etc... What's up?
• (2020-12-28, v:2.0.8) Heidi Callowhill: How to add bot sentinel to my twitter
  I don’t know how to install bot sentinel to my IPad Pro twitter account. Thanks for helping! Heidi DruniHeidi
• (2020-11-23, v:2.0.6) Lindsey McMillen: Save Report creates an empty, unviewable .PNG file
  Selecting the "Save Report" button in the GUI of the Bot Sentinel extension version 2.0.6 installed to Google Chrome version 87.0.4280.66 (Official Build) (64-bit) running under Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 2004 (Build 20262.0100) results in the creation of an empty, unviewable .PNG image file. The use of a screen capturing windows application, such as ACDSee to capture the image displayed by the Bot Sentinel extension produces a viewable image in a variety of image file formats, including JPEG and PNG. Are there any plans to fix this problem?
• (2020-11-01, v:2.0.6) Ken Haylock (Fat Biker): The Export Report option IS STILL BROKEN!!! NON FUNCTIONAL! INOPERATIVE! IT DOES NOT WORK!!!!
  This is critical functionality if, like me, you want to generate a report & attach it in a comment to troll tweets so that other people don't end up wasting time commenting to trolls. But I can't, because the Reports are .PNG files, & blank PNG files at that!
• (2020-09-14, v:2.0.5) media west: tweetdeck
  you extension used to turn problem tweets red in tweetdeck. now it doesnt. this is on the brave chrome browser.
• (2020-07-27, v:2.0.3) Anne Freitas: Bot Sentinel on Twitter and how I show up vs. using the Analyze account
  If I go to the Bot Sentinel Website and Analyze my twitter account (@weaktwos), I get a 3% Normal rating, but the chrome plugin puts me as "Unknown". Is that a bug or a feature?
• (2020-07-15, v:2.0.3) haploide allel: Managing my downloads; WHY?
  Why do you want to manage my downloads? I don't understand what my downloads have to do with your service...
• (2020-07-12, v:2.0.2) Ken Haylock: Image export
  Hi... the image export function of the BotSentinel addon for Chrome that vanished for a while has come back quite broken. Before it was my habit to spot a troll comment, check the posting user with the extension, & if it came back over 50% I would then export the report as a .JPG file & drag it into a comment to the post with a note to warn others not to waste time arguing with a Trollbot. Now, though, I export a report & get a .PNG file with a 30+ character name that just displays for me as a white square... example: report_TJB1300_7-12-2020_224328.png
• (2020-07-11, v:2.0.2) Jinzouningen Juunanagou: Page jumping
  Please move the normal/disruptive img & % to the same line as the user handle (by choice if need). It's creating newline on every tweet causing the page size to fluctuate constantly resulting in miss-clicks, way too often.
• (2020-07-09, v:2.0.2) Universal Collective: 75% of all Twitter profiles in tweetdeck now have a grey box with "unknown" where their rating should be
  Fixed the red text issue, but now 75% of all the twitter profiles show a grey box and "unknown" where their rating should be, which again, makes whatever the heck this version is ordinates less usable than the last one I had no control over updating
• (2020-07-01, v:2.0.0) Universal Collective: New version not working
  The previous version was working fine, and it was super useful, but after "updating" yesterday 6/30, now If I have the new switch "Red Text" enabled, it doesn't only highlight the text on tweets from problematic accounts but highlights all the text from everyone's account on Tweetdeck, making it useless. I wish it hadn't been updated.
• (2020-06-30, v:2.0.0) Colin Fein: Configure threshold for rating card display
  With the new version, my twitter timeline is full of "normal" icons next to every post. Please make the threshold for the rating card configurable, so that only ratings above a certain percent appear.
• (2020-06-30, v:2.0.0) Bo Hu: Why does it require the new permission of "Manage your downloads"?
  Chrome disables the new version automatically as it requires a new permission.
• (2020-06-20, v:1.2.9) Steve Marcus: Bug report - Bot Sentinel Chrome plugin v1.2.9
  Developer and donator here. The previous version of Bot Sentinel Chrome plugin worked perfectly. The new version v1.2.9 has some serious bugs.. 1. When you are scrolling down a twitter feed, the app does not highlight the posts in red and assign the label problematic/disruptive anymore. It's only when you click on the actual @user, and go to their homepage, do you see the botsentinel css red/label insertions. 2. Then, only after you have visited their homepage, you can go back into scrolling down the feed and voila! Now it shows the botsentinel css red/label insertions for each of their posts. Except not in every case.. 3. You can click on a post showing botsentinel css red/label insertions and then scroll down the page. The very act of scrolling down the page and then back up again, makes the botsentinel css red/label insertions disappear from that initial post! 4. A twitter feed with several botsentinel css red/label insertion occurrences: once you click on one of the posts with botsentinel css applied (making that the assigned tweet you are reading), it causes other tweets from the same user to go back to normal css. It's a guessing game as to which posts are affected, as it seems to change randomly on each click. Please fix. If you need a tester I have some time so please contact me [email protected]
• (2020-05-30, v:1.2.9) Nicole G: Please help me w/ 1.2.9
  Hi. I deleted Version 1.2.8 (for Chrome), which worked fine, and added Version 1.2.9. Now, the app doesn't work: half the time, the bot sentinel icon doesn't show up under tweets, when it does show up, it is NEVER red, and when I click on it, the bot sent. window opens, but then nothing happens - it remains blank. I MISS my Bot Sentinel app! Can you help? I version, and now it doesn't show anyone in red, and if I click on the bot sentinel icon, just an empty little window shows up. :(
• (2020-05-23, v:1.2.8) S & S L in California: Can't sign in to use Advanced Tools
  I am clicking on the button on the site for Advanced Tools, to let BotS sign into my twitter account, and it just goes to a 500 / Server Error. The link is: https://www.botsentinel.com/twitter/login (Chrome extension is working fine though.) Thank you for helping save democracy!! Just made a donation.
• (2020-04-27, v:1.2.8) George Dragoumanos: Not showing on Twitter web client.
  Not seeing the Bot Sentinel button nor the red text for problematic twitter accounts. Have to remove and reinstall daily, which only works sporadically.
• (2020-03-15, v:1.2.7) Erik Smith: Doesn't seem to be working on Tweetdeck now
  I haven't been able to check accounts on Tweetdeck for the past few days.
• (2020-03-13, v:1.2.7) Gregory Krohne: Add link to report account
  On the report popup, please add a direct link to report the user to Twitter
• (2020-02-11, v:1.2.7) YamatoForever: Not seeing Bot Sentinel info in Twitter
  Not seeing Bot Sentinel info in Twitter. I have to go to website to check in person is a bot. From pictures it shows red text with bot sentinel info. I'm using a PC w/ Win 10.
• (2020-01-03, v:1.2.7) Marcin Karpinski: Great plugin! Can I show my support and be involved somehow?
  Hi, I am a humble software engineer from Poland and I really like what you have done with BotSentinel. I also think that we need more apps like this especially in current times where populism is on the rise. I did study a little bit principles on which it operates and I am really curious and how will this project evolve. I only wish there was a broader support for Twitter in my country. Is there any way I can get involved and help with this?
• (2019-12-18, v:1.2.7) John Laprise: Expanded Bot Sentinel
  It would be nice to flag existing list creators, followers, and following as bots.
• (2019-07-15, v:1.2.5) John Twigg: BotSentinel does not seem to work with the new twitter layout
  Hi - I got "upgraded" to the new twitter layout and cannot go back to the old one. BotSentinel seems to not work after the upgrade. The check user button is gone and accounts are no longer labeled untrustworthy or trollbot. Thanks for any guidance you can give me.
• (2019-07-04, v:1.2.5) Josh Hayes: Seeing lots of "Error Occurred" last two days
  Hey all, I've noticed the add-on for Chrome, which has been working flawlessly for quite some time, has been hanging after only a brief appearance of the little bouncy bars (or no appearance), and then saying, "Error Occurred. We were unable to process your request. Please try again or later." I'm wondering if this has something to do with outages on other platforms recently (today is 3 July 2019), or what? It DOES still work occasionally, but maybe 90% of the time or more, gives the error message. Any known outages?
• (2019-05-24, v:1.2.4) Richard Silverstein: Where id Check User go?
  Till recently, Bot Sentinel added a Check User button on each Twitter account I visited. But it seems to have gone away. Is it possible it's being blocked by an ad blocker or other extension limiting cookies? Or did you change the extension so it eliminated this helpful feature?
• (2019-03-02, v:1.2.3) Kate Chase Pitzarella: Update Bugs
  I have had to remove this extension since the 2/28/18 update because it now causes Twitter to lag to an unusable degree. I really liked it before and hope you work out the new script probs. Thx!
• (2019-02-28, v:1.2.3) Royce Williams: "browsing history" permission
  What's the purpose for the new (2018-02-28) need to see browsing history?
• (2018-10-31, v:1.2.1) Better Tweetdeck no longer shows ratings
  Better Tweetdeck no longer shows ratings.
• (2018-07-13, v:1.1.6) Bot Sentinel is Fake
  The program reports EVERYTHING as fake/bot even what I post myself.
• (2018-04-10, v:1.1.1) Susan Jones: reporting bots
  My son added this to chrome so I could check for bots...and thought he was checking my twitter account but reported it instead. Is this going to be a problem for me?