Nyet

Nyet is an automated misinformation opposition application useful for calling attention to suspected Russian Twitter bots. Phonetically, "nyet" means "no" in Russian.

How to get Nyet up and running:

1. Download and install node.js.
2. Download the Nyet application or Clone the Nyet repository directly: git clone https://github.com/ncassidy/nyet.git
3. Open a command line interface and navigate to your local repository root directory: /nyet.
4. Execute the following commands within your command line interface at the repository root.

npm install
npm start

How to setup one or more accounts:

1. Create a Twitter Account.
2. Create a Twitter Application under your account.
3. Within your created Twitter Application, click on the "Keys and Access Tokens" tab.
4. Write down the application's "Consumer Key (API Key)" and "Consumer Secret (API Secret)".
5. Scroll down and click the "Generate Access Token" button.
6. Write down the generated Token's "Access Token" and "Access Token Secret" keys.
7. Start the Nyet application.

npm start

8. From the "Main Menu", select the "Accounts" menu item and "Add Account" using the information obtained above.

How to setup one or more suspected bot targets:

1. Find a Russian Twitter bot that is actively participating on Twitter. Be sure to write their Twitter handle down.
2. Start the Nyet application.

npm start

3. From the "Main Menu", select the "Targets" menu item and "Add Target" using the Twitter handle obtained above.

How to begin automated tweet scanning and reply to suspected bots:

1. Start the Nyet application.

npm start

2. After one or more valid accounts and bot targets have been added to Nyet, from the "Main Menu", select the "Scan Bots" option.

How to begin automated abuse reporting of suspected bots:

1. Start the Nyet application.

npm start

2. After one or more valid accounts and bot targets have been added to Nyet, from the "Main Menu", select the "Report Bots" option. Each target will be reported every 2 minutes.

Defaults:

• Nyet scans all targets on a 15 second interval. This can be changed by selecting the "Update Scan Interval" option from the "Settings" menu item.
• Nyet replys to the most recent 5 Tweets of each target - since the last replied to Tweet. This limit count can be changed by selecting the "Update Scan Reply Limit" option from the "Settings" menu item.