No one can tell Russian bots from average trolls on Twitter, and that's a very bad thing

Twitter's decision to simply delete the tweets of accounts it says are part of a Russian-linked propaganda bot army has proven to be really short-sighted because, well, it turns out that those tweets are really similar to your average Twitter troll. And telling the difference is a crucial, if difficult, task that the average user needs to be able to do in order to operate more safely on the platform. SEE ALSO: Despite efforts of transparency, Twitter is still clouding Russian troll abuse Look no...