Reading this article was very interesting because it put into perspective how much of an impact a creators morals has over their bots. When bots are set to form their own posts they may pull information from various places and it is up to the bots creator control where it gets its information or to filter what the bot will post, making an effort to make their bot more ethical.

I think users want to be able to make bots so that they can share their thoughts while still having a small separation between themselves and their posts. Above the text says that using bots allows some "disconnect between intentions and actions" which can seem appealing to many individuals, they also have access to coding and knowledge from other people that can allow them to do more with the bot accounts they create.

Locke’s idea is one I’m familiar with from past history classes and I’ve learned how much influence it had. It allowed citizens to believe they could overthrow the government failing to protect their natural rights and later, as shown in the text, Jefferson integrated it into the Declaration of Independence that is still in our government today.

I think Justine’s tweet began to reach more people after someone decided to share it to Valleywag, which had a much bigger following than Justine. From there the post got more exposure and interaction growing into something larger. It continued to spread from there with Artois retweets and trending hashtags such as #hasjustinelandedyet.