I grew my Twitter account to whale status in the first years of the platform. I abandoned my account a long time ago.

The goal of twitter was to aggregate information about social trends. The bots are actually integral to the platform.

The goal of the platform from the beginning was to create a structure that could help marketers aggregate and control the flow information.

The primary audience of the platform was web site marketers. When web marketers tweet a link, the bots will aggregate information about the tweet. This will theoretically bring traffic to the link.

I wouldn't describe Twitter as something that was good and that was subsequently ruined by bots.

The goal of Twitter, from the beginning, was to create a platform that aggregates information and controls behavior.

The site grew in popularity because this is what marketers and the political class desires.