socialistexan:

If y’all want to know why Tumblr doesn’t purge bots, porn spam blogs, and pedophiles, just look at what happened to Twitter when they did it. It’s all about money.

Activity, any activity, boosts investor interest. Bots cause traffic, interests investors, brings in money. They don’t give a shit where it comes from, they just want the money.

Remember, the users aren’t the customers of social media sites, investors and advertisers are, we’re the product to sell.