E-United States, ucwaningo lwakamuva lwembula ukuthi i-Twitter "bots" (ama-akhawunti aphethwe amarobhothi) asetshenziselwa ukukhuthaza ukuqhuma kwe-vaping futhi ngaleyo ndlela kugqanyiswe ukunciphisa izingozi zezempilo ezihlobene ne-e-cigarettes. Lesi sinyathelo ngokusobala singaba nemiphumela esithombeni se-vape.
I-TWITTER IZOTHUTHUKISA I-E-CIGARETTE KANYE NOKWEHLISA INGOZI?
Ososayensi baseSan Diego State University (SDSU) e-United States bathole ukuthi izingxoxo eziningi mayelana nemiphumela kagwayi we-elekthronikhi enkundleni yezokuxhumana "Twitter" zaqalwa ama-bots. Uma singacabanga ngokusatshalaliswa "kwezindaba zomgunyathi" lokhu akubonakali kunjalo njengoba iningi lemiyalezo ezenzakalelayo belivuna i-vape.
Ngaphezu kwe-70% yama-tweets ahlaziywa abacwaningi kubonakala sengathi asatshalaliswe ama-bots, asetshenziswa kakhulu ukuthonya umbono womphakathi futhi adayise imikhiqizo ngenkathi ezenza abantu bangempela.
Ukutholwa kwalokhu kukhuthazwa kwama-e-cigarette ngamarobhothi kubonakala kungalindelekile. Esisekelweni, ithimba locwaningo lase liqale ukusebenzisa idatha ye-Twitter ukuze lifunde ukusetshenziswa kanye nombono we-e-cigarettes e-United States.
« Ukusetshenziswa kwama-bots ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kuyinkinga yangempela ekuhlaziyeni kwethu" , kusho Ming-Hsiang Tsou, evela eSan Diego State University.
Uyanezela : " Njengoba iningi lazo "lithambekele kwezohwebo" noma "lithambekele kwezepolitiki", lizohlanekezela imiphumela futhi linikeze iziphetho ezingalungile zokuhlaziya.".
66% WAMA-TWEETH AMAHLE EKUVUKA!
Lokhu okutholakele kuza njengoba inkundla yezokuxhumana i-Twitter ithe izosusa izigidi zama-akhawunti omgunyathi futhi yethule izindlela ezintsha zokuqinisekisa ukuphepha. 
khomba futhi ulwe nogaxekile nokuhlukumeza endaweni yabo.
« Amanye ama-bot angasuswa kalula ngokusekelwe kokuqukethwe kwawo nokuziphatha"kusho uTsou enezela" Kodwa amanye amarobhothi abukeka njengabantu futhi kunzima ukuwabona. Lesi manje sekuyisihloko esishisayo ekuhlaziyeni kwezokuxhumana".
Ocwaningweni, ithimba lihlanganise isampula elingahleliwe lama-tweets acishe abe ngu-194 e-United States yonkana, athunyelwe phakathi kuka-Okthoba 000 noFebruwari 2015. Isampuli engahleliwe yama-tweets angu-2016 yahlaziywa. Kulawa, ama-tweets angama-973 akhonjwe njengathunyelwa abantu ngabanye, isigaba esingase sifake ama-bots.
Ithimba lithole ukuthi ngaphezu kwe-66% yama-tweets abantu "ayesekela" ukusetshenziswa kwe-e-cigarette. U-59% wabantu nabo babhale ku-Twitter mayelana nendlela abasebenzisa ngayo ugwayi we-e. Ukwengeza, ithimba likwazile ukuhlonza abasebenzisi be-Twitter abasebasha, lilinganisela ukuthi ngaphezu kwe-55% yama-tweets abo "ayesekela" i-e-cigarettes.
Kuma-tweets akhuluma ngobungozi be-vaping, abathengi abangama-54% bathi ugwayi we-elekthronikhi awunabungozi noma awunangozi kakhulu kunogwayi.
« Ukuba khona okubalulekile kwama-akhawunti e-bot-run kuphakamisa umbuzo wokuthi ingabe ezinye izihloko ezihlobene nempilo ziqhutshwa yilawa ma-akhawunti." , kusho U-Lourdes Martinez, umcwaningi we-SDSU obehola ucwaningo. " Asiyazi imithombo, futhi asazi ukuthi iyakhokhelwa yini noma ingaba nezintshisekelo zezentengiso", kusho uMartinez.
Njengesikhumbuzo ngo-Agasti 2017, i Izikhungo Zezempilo Zezwe (i-NIH) isekele iphrojekthi ecishe ibe ngu-$200 yokuhlaziya ama-tweets e-e-cigarette.
