Twitter is testing a brand new label that lets automated bot self-identify as such of their labels, the corporate has announced. The characteristic is designed to assist assist folks inform human and automatic accounts aside, whereas giving “good bots a way to increase their legitimacy and build trust and transparency with their audience,” the corporate wrote.

The new characteristic seems to be an extension of Twitter’s edict final 12 months that high-quality bot accounts should self-identify as such. At the time, it mentioned that builders should “clearly indicate” if an account is a bot, and in addition establish the particular person working the account. 

Examples of professional bot accounts cited by Twitter “include bots that help you find vaccine appointments and disaster early warning systems,” the corporate wrote in a FAQ on its assist web site. “When accounts send automated Tweets to share relevant information about content on another account, automated labels help you identify good bots from spammy ones and are all about transparency.”

The label will roll out to 500-plus developer accounts to start out with, and be accessible to all builders “by the end of the his year.” It mentioned that adopting the label is not required proper now, however implied that not utilizing it might primarily be a breach of its updated developer policy that requires using labels.