EUnited States, uphando olutshanje lubonise ukuba i-Twitter "i-bots" (i-akhawunti elawulwa yi-robots) isetyenziselwa ukukhuthaza i-vaping kwaye ngaloo ndlela igxininisa ukunciphisa iingozi zempilo ezinxulumene ne-e-cigarettes. Eli nyathelo ngokucacileyo linokuba neziphumo kumfanekiso wevape.
U-TWITTER UPHUMELELA I-E-CIGARETTE KUNYE NOKUNCIPHISWA KOMNGCIPHEKO?
Izazinzulu ezivela kwiYunivesithi yaseSan Diego State (SDSU) eUnited States ziye zafumanisa ukuba ininzi yeengxoxo malunga nemiphumo ye-e-cigarettes kwi-social network "Twitter" yaqalwa yi-bots. Ukuba sinokucinga ngokusasazwa "kweendaba ezingeyonyani" oku akubonakali kunjalo kuba uninzi lwemiyalezo ezenzekelayo ibixhasa i-vape.
Ngaphezulu kwe-70% yee-tweets ezihlalutywe ngabaphandi zibonakala zisasazwa yi-bots, eziye zisetyenziselwa ukuchaphazela uluvo loluntu kunye nokuthengisa iimveliso ngelixa zizenza abantu bokwenene.
Ukufunyanwa koku kukhuthazwa kwe-e-cigarettes ngeerobhothi kubonakala kungalindelekanga. Kwisiseko, iqela lophando laliqalise ukusebenzisa idatha ye-Twitter ukufunda ukusetyenziswa kunye nombono we-e-cigarettes e-United States.
« Ukusetyenziswa kwe-bots kwimidiya yoluntu yingxaki yokwenene kuhlalutyo lwethu" , watsho Ming-Hsiang Tsou, kwiYunivesithi yaseSan Diego State.
Wongeza: " Njengoko uninzi lwabo "lujolise kurhwebo" okanye "lujolise kwezopolitiko", luya kugqwesa iziphumo kwaye lunike izigqibo ezingalunganga zokuhlalutya.".
I-66% ye-TWEETS OKUMNAYO WOKUVUMA!
Ezi ziphumo ziza njengoko inethiwekhi yoluntu i-Twitter ithe izakususa izigidi zeeakhawunti zomgunyathi kwaye yazise iindlela ezintsha zokufumana imali. 
chonga kwaye ulwe ugaxekile kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwiqonga layo.
« Ezinye iibhothi zinokususwa ngokulula ngokusekelwe kumxholo wabo kunye nokuziphatha"utshilo uTsou esongeza" Kodwa ezinye iirobhothi zikhangeleka njengabantu yaye kunzima ukuzibhaqa. Oku ngoku kungumxholo oshushu kwi-analytics yemidiya yoluntu".
Kuphononongo, iqela liqulunqe isampuli engahleliweyo malunga ne-194 ye-tweets kulo lonke elase-United States, ithunyelwe phakathi kuka-Oktobha 000 noFebruwari 2015. Isampuli engahleliweyo ye-2016 tweets yahlaziywa. Kwezi, ii-tweets ezingama-973 zachongwa njengezithunyelwe ngabantu, udidi olunokuthi lubandakanye ii-bots.
Iqela lifumene ukuba ngaphezu kwe-66% yee-tweets zabantu "zixhasayo" zokusetyenziswa kwe-e-cigarette. I-59% yabantu nabo babhale kwi-tweet malunga nendlela abasebenzisa ngayo i-e-cigarettes. Ukongezelela, iqela liye lakwazi ukuchonga abasebenzisi be-Twitter abaselula, baqikelela ukuba ngaphezu kwe-55% yee-tweets zabo "zixhasayo" ze-e-cigarettes.
Kwiitweets ezibhekiselele kubungozi be-vaping, i-54% yabathengi bathi i-e-cigarettes ayinabungozi okanye ayinabungozi kangako kunecuba.
« Ubukho obubalulekileyo beeakhawunti ze-bot-run kuphakamisa umbuzo wokuba ezinye izihloko ezinxulumene nempilo ziqhutywa zezi akhawunti" , watsho Lourdes Martinez, umphandi we-SDSU okhokele isifundo. " Asiyazi imithombo, kwaye asazi ukuba zihlawulwe okanye zinokuba nomdla worhwebo", utshilo uMartinez.
Njengesikhumbuzo ngo-Agasti 2017, i Amaziko eSizwe eZempilo (i-NIH) ixhase iprojekthi ephantse ibe yi-$200 yokuhlalutya i-e-cigarette tweets.
