They say you can get to know a lot about someone in 140 characters or less. Twitter friends tell us important things like the fact that they're really psyched about how many followers they get to pay attention to their inane bull crap or that they've just been punched in the face by will.i.am.  But not knowing all of the people you follow on twittter can leave you open to the fine art of deception.  For instance, you may feel like you're getting to know @RobotFaceGirl82 from all of those precious Comic Con update links she sent, but things have seemed slightly amiss lately, starting with that time she mentioned she was going to get a "byte" to eat or was going to wash down her circuits with the contents of her "oil can."  Now that you think about it, you and @RobotFaceGirl82 have never had any meaningful interaction.  It's all starting to seem a little too eerie...and you're fearing the worst.  Could @RobotFaceGirl82 be...gasp...a bot?

In short, the answer is a resounding YES! A recent "Inside Twitter" study conducted by Sysomos, came to the conclusion that 24% of Tweets are created by bots. When coupled with the fact that 5% of Twitter users are responsible for 75% of the content, we are led to believe that the majority of Tweeting is a pointless, perspectiveless mish-mash conducted by machines and self-important tools who believe they are saving the Universe in 140 characters or less...a hypothesis that may have been proven had Iran tweeted itself to Democracy while @changingtheworld was getting a latte from Starbucks.  Way to go Twitter...how'd that one work out? Despite the amount of nonsense bouncing around the Twittersphere one thing remains true:  Here @(name of site removed) we remain a beacon (or bacon mmmm...bacon) of useful information, humor, and valuable perspective in this doggy dog Twitterverse where a bark is as good as crying wolf assuming that wolf wants you to check out some hot nude pics.  Stay strong followers! Or as I like to think of you leaders.