23 million Twitter users are robots

Big Ben is one of the 23 million Twitter users that are not human.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

In an analysis of its user base, Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) said 23 million, or 8.5%, of its 271 million active users automatically tweet "without any discernible additional user-initiated action." In other words, they're computer-controlled Twitter feeds.

That's not necessarily a great thing for the company's bottom line -- that's 23 million accounts that aren't looking at or clicking on Twitter ads. Some are also spam. Twitter said that fake or spam accounts made up less than 5% of its monthly active users.

But "Twitterbots," as they're called, aren't all bad. Many of them are fun, and some can be really amusing.

Poetry dorks will appreciate @pentametron, which retweets tweets that are in iambic pentameter. ("backs killin after sleeping on the floor," tweeted @saswillis_xx).

@YesYoureRacist will automatically retweet any tweet that begins "I'm not racist but...." @YesYoureSexist does the same for "I'm not sexist, but...." tweets. As the Twitterbot notes, those tweets are typically racist or sexist.

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Do you have trouble spelling "sneak peak?" @StealthMountain will automatically reply with a correction: "I think you mean 'sneak peek'"

And did you know that Big Ben has a Twitter feed? When the clock at the Palace of Westminster in London chimes, @big_ben_clock tweets out the time. At 4 p.m. GMT, expect to find "BONG BONG BONG BONG."

First Published: August 12, 2014: 10:34 AM ET

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