Elon Musk Declares War On Twitter Bots; DOGE Creator Wants To 'Burn Them All'

Chief Twit Elon Musk has declared war on Twitter bots, openly challenging them to "attack" him, while Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus has expressed his desire to "burn them all."

The new Twitter owner is a man on a mission. Aside from the controversial Twitter Files, which revelations left many aghast, the tech billionaire wants to rid the social media platform of bots and trolls.

Musk posted a tweet showing two emojis representing bots and trolls over the weekend. He asked if they could "please attack" him.

In another tweet, he noted, "Cool, the bots are so far unable to swarm to the top of my replies!"

Before he created that Twitter thread, Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus, who goes by the name Shibetoshi Nakamoto on the platform, asked Musk if all bots were "dead."

Musk replied to him, saying, "mostly," and Markus responded by writing, "Good," and sharing a GIF that read, "Burn them all."

A few hours after this Twitter conversation, Markus commented on Musk's Twitter thread and said the new Twitter owner's efforts against bots and trolls were seemingly making progress.

"I made a test post and instead of seeing 50 bot replies I only saw one," Markus noted, adding, "Much progress, very hype."

The tech billionaire, however, believes that despite what the Twitter team has done so far, bots would find a way, so it would be best to destroy them as soon as they appear.

"They will try other methods, but we're shutting them down as soon as they show up," Musk said. "Twitter will also be moving to prosecute scammers anywhere on Earth."

Other Twitter users echoed Markus' observation and reported a significant reduction in the number of bots on the micro-blogging platform following the rollout of the latest changes on it.

Other users claimed that they could still see some bots popping up on their posts but noticed that they were removed by the platform very quickly.

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, noted that while Twitter appeared to be better to use lately, he could not tell if there was indeed a reduction of bots because of Musk.

"No idea how to separate apart stuff Elon did vs crypto-winter vs my brain imagining changes that aren't actually there," he tweeted.

Aside from waging a war against bots, Musk also hinted at the possibility of Twitter taking legal action against scammers on the platform. Unfortunately, he did not offer more details on when this would take place.

Musk has been very vocal about his disdain toward bots even before he acquired Twitter in October. When he took over the platform, he noted that Twitter spam and scam bots were at the top of his priorities.