duplicate_reply

Count of how many duplicate @replies exist within last (up to) 20 @reply Tweets by the TSN.

Bots can send out a high number of Tweets directed at specific Twitter users in an attempt to market products, or encourage people to visit certain links.

These twam @reply Tweets tend to be generic in construction and can be detected by this module.

<duplicate_reply> 
	<date>1265548461</date> 
	<exec_time>4</exec_time> 
	<raw_data> 
		<reply_tweets>3</reply_tweets> 
		<duplicates>3</duplicates> 
	</raw_data> 
	<result>4</result> 
</duplicate_reply> 

none

There are two types of @reply that are perceived by Twitter users.

The first is a Tweet that is in reply to a specific Tweet from another user.

The second, is a Tweet that simply references another Twitter account, and is not necessarily a reply to an individual Tweet.

Twitter, and thus TWASE, differentiate between these two types of Tweets - one with a specific 'in reply to' value set, and the other without any reference to a previous Tweet.

There exists two similar Engine modules - duplicate_reply and duplicate_tweet to address these differences.