In fact, it seems to be a good example for the unimportance of #SocialBots The paper by Philip N. Howard (@pnhoward) and Bence Kollanyi (@bencekollanyi) has brought attention to the topic of social bots, again. This is very important because bots are already active in all social networks and there is a real risk of manipulating political decisions with this tool. Was the BREXIT-referendum manipulated by bots? Howard and Kollanyi answer this question with "yes, but just a little bit": "We find that political bots have a small but strategic role in the referendum conversations: (...