Twitter has introduced a new feature that allows accounts to self-identify as bots by adding a special tag to their profile.
The company says the new update is based on research that found people want more context about non-human accounts.
They also cited several examples of good bots, such as accounts that share updated information on vaccines, information on seismic activity, or material from public museums.
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The company will continue to remove inauthentic accounts that it deems to be in violation of the platform's rules.
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Bots are often linked to misinformation on social networks, and they have also brought big problems to the company.
Study of Carnegie Mellon University since last year, she discovered that almost half of the Twitter accounts that use this social network to spread messages about the corona virus pandemic are probably automated.
Twitter has removed tens of millions of suspicious bot accounts over the past years.
However, the company believes that some automated orders have a positive impact on the platform.
One account who Twitter tagged as a good bot live-tweets every time there is an earthquake in San Francisco.
Another is tweeting publicly available artwork from the Drawings and Prints Department of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Twitter tested this system in May, in an attempt to give people more information to distinguish automated from human-run accounts.
The company believes that the tags will increase the legitimacy of these accounts and build trust and transparency with their audience.
They say they've approved the feature for a small number of developer accounts and plan to roll it out to everyone by the end of the year.
However, it is not clear how many automated accounts will accept the offer, nor whether the owners of these accounts will want to announce that they are not run by humans.
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