Table 5 Infiltration strategies of social bots. The percentage in table represents the ratio of the number of social bots assigned to this strategy to the total number of social bots.

From: Exploring the construction and infiltration strategies of social bots in sina microblog

Factor

Strategy (%)

Gender

Female (50%)

Male (50%)

Activity level

High (50%)

Low (50%)

Profile photo

Real human photo (50%)

Unreal human photo (50%)

Following strategy

Follow specified users (50%)

Follow users randomly (50%)

Posting strategy

Express personal opinions (50%)

State objective facts (50%)