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Billionaire Elon Musk and Dogecoin (DOGE) co-founder Jackson Palmer are locked in battle on social media over Palmer\u2019s claim that he could remove Twitter bots with a simple Python script.<\/p>\n
Australian Palmer said in an interview that his script was capable of automatically tweeting replies to scam tweets as a way of indicating that users should beware of the danger. He told news outlet Crikey on May 30 that Musk had reached out to get the script, but claimed the billionaire’s technical knowledge was so deficient that he didn\u2019t know how to run it.<\/p>\n
\u201cElon reached out to me to get hold of that script and it became apparent very quickly that he didn\u2019t understand coding as well as he made out.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Adding insult to injury, Palmer recounted a year ago calling the SpaceX founder, a \u201cgrifter\u201d who \u201csells a vision in hopes that he can one day deliver what he\u2019s promising, but he doesn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Musk took the comments badly, and fired back at Palmer on May 31 on Twitter<\/a>. He suggested Palmer\u2019s code could not deliver on its promise of addressing the Twitter bot problem, adding<\/a> \u201cMy kids wrote better code when they were 12.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou falsely claimed ur lame snippet of Python gets rid of bots. Ok buddy, then share it with the world \u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He challenged Palmer to make the script public, which would open it to greater scrutiny. Palmer has not yet done so.<\/p>\n