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  1. Oct 2018
  2. Jan 2018
    1. @NRA_Tally is terrifying and unsettling, posing scenarios that go beyond the plausible into the realm of the super-real. It is an oppositional bot on several levels. It is obviously antagonistic toward the NRA. It is oppositional toward false claims that “guns don’t kill people,” purposefully foregrounding weapons over killers. It is even oppositional to social media itself, challenging the logic of following and retweeting. Who would be comfortable seeing such tragedies in their timeline on an hourly basis? Who would dare to retweet something that could be taken as legitimate news, thereby spreading unnecessary rumors and lies?

      @NRA_Tally is a Twitter bot that makes people feel uncomfortable by posing scenarios that range from plausible to what could be very real. It's opposing the NRA and the idea that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" which is the argument used anytime a mass shooting happens by the NRA and those who oppose gun control. It also poses the question "who would be comfortable seeing death and tragedy in their timeline on an hourly basis? Who would want to retweet something that could be seen as legitimate news, thereby spreading disinformation?"