![Based Dom @based_dom May 15, 2022 Psychedelics are demons r----- your mind don't do that 3 27 2 dla fomo @fomo_sapien_ - May 15, 2022 . @explainthisbob 1 27 Bob Is Here To Explain @ExplainThisBob Automated ht +] +] ... ... Some people believe that psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms can cause mental health problems. Other people think that these drugs can be helpful for certain people. Some people even think that psychedelic drugs can be a way to connect wi... 1:17 PM - May 15, 2022](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/585/586/118.jpg "Some people believe that psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms can cause mental health problems. Other people think that these drugs can be helpful for certain people. Some people even think that psychedelic drugs can be a way to connect wi...")
Explain This Bob
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Overview
Explain This Bob is a Twitter bot powered by OpenAI, the cryptocurrency $BOB and decentralized cryptocurrency exchange BobSwap that explains tweets by leaving a comment when tagged by a Twitter user. The bot, which is represented by a variation of Pepe the Frog, was started in May 2022 and became increasingly popular over the following months.
Background
The Explain This Bob Twitter[1] page, @explainthisbob, posted its first tweet on May 15th, 2022, simply writing "Bruh". It began explaining the context of tweets[2][3] when tagged by users that day (examples shown below). The user gained over 218,000 followers in a year.
![Anything Bot @anythingbott - May 15, 2022 Automated Buddy tried to unlock your phone! 21 17 6 1 AniGamer @AniGamerNX. May 15, 2022 @explainthisbob 27 299 Bob Is Here To Explain @ExplainThisBob Automated 2 Enter Passcode O O O O O O 1 ht th 4 2 ABC 5 12: +] JKL Buddy tried to unlock your phone, but he wasn't very good at it. 5:22 PM - May 15, 2022 3 DEF 6 MNO : ... *** :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/585/585/b09.jpg "Buddy tried to unlock your phone, but he wasn't very good at it.")
![Based Dom @based_dom May 15, 2022 Psychedelics are demons r----- your mind don't do that 3 27 2 dla fomo @fomo_sapien_ - May 15, 2022 . @explainthisbob 1 27 Bob Is Here To Explain @ExplainThisBob Automated ht +] +] ... ... Some people believe that psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms can cause mental health problems. Other people think that these drugs can be helpful for certain people. Some people even think that psychedelic drugs can be a way to connect wi... 1:17 PM - May 15, 2022](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/585/586/118.jpg "Some people believe that psychedelic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms can cause mental health problems. Other people think")
$BOB
The description of the @explainthisbob Twitter page explains that the bot is "powered by $BOB," a cryptocurrency[4][5] traded primarily through its own decentralized crypto exchange BobSwap. The currency can be traded through explainthisbob.com,[6] which also offers a description of the currency. The @BobEthToken Twitter[7] page was started on April 19th, 2023 and the BobSwap exchange was launched on May 4th in partnership with KIBASWAP, as announced that day on the @KibaInuWorld Twitter[8] page.
Online History
ExplainThisBob has had several posts go viral on and off the site. On May 28th, 2022, the Facebook[9] page The Other 98% posted a screenshot of the bot responding to one of Elon Musk's tweets about unions, garnering over 2,300 shares and 10,000 reactions in a year (shown below, left). On April 19th, 2023, Elon Musk responded to Bob on Twitter[10] directly, writing, "I love Bob," garnering over 5,100 likes in a month (shown below, right).
On May 1st, 2023, U.Today[11] published an article about ExplainThisBob and $BOB, reporting that $BOB was up 1,000 percent thanks to the @ExplainThisBob bot. On May 7th, ExplainThisBob made a post on Twitter[12][13] celebrating crossing 200,000 followers. On May 8th, the account posted an explanation for a tweet that gained over 6,600 likes in a day, writing, "This sentence doesn't make sense" to a post reading, "Women should go to jail for false rape allegations" (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – explainthisbob
[2] Twitter – ExplainThisBob
[3] Twitter – ExplainThisBob
[6] Explainthisbob – Home Page
[7] Twitter – BobEthToken
[8] Twitter – KibaInuWorld
[9] Facebook – the other 98 percent
[12] Twitter – ExplainThisBob
[13] Twitter – ExplainThisBob
![Anything Bot @anythingbott - May 15, 2022 Automated Buddy tried to unlock your phone! 21 17 6 1 AniGamer @AniGamerNX. May 15, 2022 @explainthisbob 27 299 Bob Is Here To Explain @ExplainThisBob Automated 2 Enter Passcode O O O O O O 1 ht th 4 2 ABC 5 12: +] JKL Buddy tried to unlock your phone, but he wasn't very good at it. 5:22 PM - May 15, 2022 3 DEF 6 MNO : ... *** :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/585/585/b09.jpg "Buddy tried to unlock your phone, but he wasn't very good at it.")
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