Umm... Bots? Twitter? Trump?

Do you ever question every word that comes out of Donald J. Trump's mouth? If you like him, you probably don't. If you're like me, however, you do. All the time. The current election has created quite some political controversy in the United States, which has, in turn, created some pretty cool political protest bots, such as UnsureDonaldTrump.

UnsureDonaldTrump is a Twitter bot that questions everything that Donald Trump has ever tweeted. The bot takes Donald Trump's tweets, and where he places an exclamation point (and he uses exclamation points a lot), replaces it with a question mark. It makes Trump sound as though he is questioning his own ideas and values. Here is an example of one of the tweets:

 

UnsureDonaldTrump‏@UnsureTrump

Very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by WikiLeaks. So dishonest? Rigged system?

This bot doesn't change any of the text from Trump's original tweets, other than changing the exclamation marks to question marks. It is up to the audience to make meaning out of the tweets. To someone like me, who does not support Trump in any way, this bot is humorous, and makes Trump's tweets more honest (because I do not think he knows what he is talking about most of the time). However, a Trump supporter commented on this tweet, bashing the page. The meaning, in this instance, is decided by each individual reading the tweets.

By having the code change the exclamation points to question marks, the bot is taking a swing at Trump's understanding of society and politics, which is in turn attacking the thought of him possibly becoming the President of the United States. This is an example of a bot attempting to conduct a political protest.