为Twitter(Twitter)提供动力的一件事是转发。这是Twitter 用户(Twitter user)将其他人的推文复制到他们自己的页面的地方，无论是否有自己的评论。这是他们支持这条推文、推广它的方式，或者如果它亲自提到转发者，向其他人展示他们对他们的评价。
如果您转推提及自己以宣传您自己或您的业务，您就会知道此类转推的价值。它们就是所谓的“社会证明(social proof)”。如果很多人都在歌颂你，这表明其他人你是值得关注的人。作为作家和作家(writer and author)，这对我的品牌来说是无价的广告。
但除非您有大量时间用于Twitter，否则您将需要自动化整个转推过程(retweeting process)。这就是为什么您应该考虑设置转推机器人(retweet bot)的原因。
什么是机器人？(What Is a Bot?)
(A bot is a scripted program)机器人是在网络（在本例中为Twitter ）上运行(Twitter)的脚本程序，它与其他人进行交互，就好像它是人类一样。多亏了Facebook Messenger(Facebook Messenger)，机器人在过去几年的日常在线使用量有所增加。但在Twitter 上(Twitter)，这并不是什么新鲜事，而且已经存在很多年了。
只要满足某些条件，您就可以告诉它执行某些任务。因此，如果转推出现并且符合您指定的所有标准，它将按照您的要求执行 - 在这种情况下，将其重新发布到您的页面。
但是您需要非常小心，因为有些人（包括Twitter）可能会将其视为垃圾邮件。如果是这样，您的帐户可能会被关闭。因此，在最初的几天或一周内，请密切关注您的Twitter 帐户(Twitter account)。如果事情开始看起来有点垃圾邮件，请停用机器人。
要记住的另一件事是，在Twitter 上(Twitter)提及
可能是抱怨而不是赞美。如果你的机器人转发了这条推文，那么你就是在给投诉一条腿！
Let’s Get The
Bot Born!
假设我没有让你放弃转推机器人(retweet bot)的想法，让我们让你成为一个自豪的父母。
首先，转到Twitter 开发者部分(Twitter Developer section)，然后单击“创建应用程序(Create an app)”。
您必须申请一个开发者帐户(developer account)（假设您还没有）。此批准可能需要一两天时间。在收到回复之前，您必须耐心等待。没有办法加快这个过程。
获得权限后，再次单击“创建应用程序(Create an app)”并填写详细信息。只有四个“必填”问题。您必须为您的应用程序命名，解释其用途（两次）并提供网站地址。如果您愿意，您可以完成其余的工作，但这不是必需的。
点击底部的“创建”，会出现“(Create)开发者条款(Developer Terms)”。
快速扫描它们并再次单击“创建(Create)”以完成该过程。
在下一页上，单击顶部的“密钥和令牌”。(Keys and tokens)
然后向下滚动到“访问令牌和访问令牌秘密(Access token and access token secret)”。单击Twitter的“(Twitter)创建(Create)”为您制作这些密钥。
这些密钥必须保密。不要将它们透露给任何人。(These keys must be kept
secret. Do not reveal them to anybody.)
现在我们利用Digital Inspiration的(Digital Inspiration)Amit Argawal制作的工具。他制作了一个名为Twitter Bots的(Twitter Bots)Google 脚本(Google script)。单击此链接(Click on this link)并使用您的Google 帐户(Google account)授权Twitter Bots ..
完成此操作后，您将看到此屏幕。
从Twitter 开发者页面(Twitter Developer page)，将您的API 密钥(API keys)添加到上面 Amit 页面上提供的空间中。
然后添加您希望机器人为您执行的Twitter 搜索。(Twitter search)因此，如果您想监控所有提及您的用户名的情况，您可以将您的用户名添加到这一行（以 @ 开头）。
从下拉列表中选择所需的操作。在这种情况下，它是“ Retweet Tweet ”。
现在通过单击“检查(Check)”按钮对其进行测试。这会将机器人发送到Twitter，以根据您的Twitter 搜索(Twitter search)条件返回结果。
这就是它带给我的。
这表明它正在工作。如果一切正常，点击“(click “)保存(Save)”，机器人就诞生了。恭喜。这是一个“它”！
请记住(Remember)为您输入API 密钥(API keys)信息的Twitter Bots 页面(Twitter Bots page)添加书签。如果您需要更改任何内容或关闭机器人，这是要返回的页面。
现在看你的Twitter 页面(Twitter page)，最终转推将开始出现。
其他搜索词(Other Search
Terms)
正如我在文章开头所说的那样，在机器人的早期阶段，您需要密切关注您的Twitter 帐户。(Twitter account)您不希望垃圾邮件被转发到您的帐户，否则您最终会失去关注者，更糟糕的情况(case scenario)是，您的帐户将被
Twitter暂停。
如果一切都失败了，您将不得不停用该机器人，但在您走那么远之前，您可以添加其他搜索词来缩小结果范围。例如，这里有三个好的。
#hashtag
显然用
您想要观看的实际主题标签替换主题标签。(hashtag)这有利于宣传
您可能正在运行的Twitter比赛。(Twitter)
yourwebsite.com
将yourwebsite(yourwebsite)替换
为您要监控的网站的名称。
min_retweets:5
这可以极大地帮助解决垃圾邮件问题(spam problem)。如果其他人已经至少转发了 5 条推文，那么添加它只会转发某些内容。您可以将 5 更改为您想要的任何数字。
How To Create a Retweet Twitter Bot
One оf the things that powers Twitter is retweеts. This is
where a Twitter usеr сopies someone else’s tweet to their own page, either with
their own сomment or without. It is their way of supporting that tweet,
promoting it, or if it personallу mentions the retweeter, showing other people
what is being saіd about them.
If you are retweeting mentions of yourself to promote yourself or your business, you will know the value of such retweets. They are what’s called “social proof”. If lots of people are singing your praises, it shows others that you are someone worth watching. As a writer and author, this is invaluable advertising for my brand.
But unless you have lots of time to spare for Twitter, you
are going to need to automate the whole retweeting process. This is why you
should consider setting up a retweet bot.
What Is a Bot?
A bot is a scripted program which runs on a network (in this case, Twitter) and it interacts with others as if it were human. Bots have increased in daily online usage over the past few years thanks to Facebook Messenger. But on Twitter it is nothing new and have been around for many more years.
You can tell it to do certain tasks provided certain criteria
is met. So if a retweet comes in and it meets all of the criteria you have
specified, it will then do what you tell it to do – in this case, repost it to
your page.
But you need to be very careful because some people
(including Twitter) may see this as spam. If so, your account could be shut
down. So for the initial few days or week, keep an eye on your Twitter account.
If things start to look a bit too spammy, deactivate the bot.
Another thing to bear in mind is that mentions on Twitter
could be a complaint instead of a compliment. If your bot retweets that, well
you are giving the complaint a pair of legs!
Let’s Get The
Bot Born!
Assuming I haven’t put you off the idea of a retweet bot,
let’s make you a proud parent of one.
First, go to the Twitter Developer section and click “Create an app”.
You will have to apply for a developer account (assuming you
haven’t already got one). This approval can take a day or two. You will have to
be patient until you hear back. There’s no way to rush the process.
When you have the permission, click on “Create an app” again and complete the details. There are only four “required” questions. You have to give your app a name, explain its purpose (twice) and give a website address. You can complete the rest if you want but it is not necessary.
Click “Create” at the bottom and the “Developer Terms” will come up.
Quickly scan them and click “Create” again to complete the process.
On the next page, click “Keys and tokens” at the top.
Then scroll down to “Access token and access token secret”. Click on “Create” for Twitter to make those keys for you.
These keys must be kept
secret. Do not reveal them to anybody.
Now we take advantage of a tool made by the fantastic Amit Argawal of Digital Inspiration. He made a Google script called Twitter Bots. Click on this link and authorize Twitter Bots with your Google account..
Once you have done that, you will see this screen.
From the Twitter Developer page, add your API keys into the
spaces provided on Amit’s page seen above.
Then add the Twitter search you want the bot to perform for
you. So if you want to monitor all mentions of your username, you would add
your username to this line (with the @ at the start).
Select the action you want from the drop-down list. In this case, it’s “Retweet Tweet”.
Now test it by clicking the “Check” button. This will send the bot into Twitter to bring back results based on your Twitter search criteria.
This is what it came back with for me.
This shows that it is working. If everything looks OK, click “Save” and the bot has been born. Congratulations. It’s an “it”!
Remember to bookmark the Twitter Bots page where you have
entered your API keys information. If you need to change anything or switch the
bot off, this is the page to come back to.
Now watch your Twitter page and eventually retweets will
start to appear.
Other Search
Terms
As I said at the beginning of the article, you need to keep
an eye on your Twitter account in the early days of the bot. You don’t want
spam being retweeted to your account, otherwise you will end up losing
followers, and worse case scenario, you will have your account suspended by
Twitter.
If all else fails, you will have to deactivate the bot but
before you go that far, you could add other search terms to narrow the results.
For example, here are three good ones.
#hashtag
Obviously replacing hashtag
with the actual hashtag you want to watch. This is good for promoting Twitter
contests you may be running.
yourwebsite.com
Replacing yourwebsite
with the name of the website you want to monitor.
min_retweets:5
This one could help tremendously with the spam problem.
Adding this will only retweet something if it already has a minimum 5 retweets
by other people. You can change 5 to whatever number you want.
