Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“My problem since the nomination debacle is that so many third parties are imposing this 'best friend' label on them. We sit here as third party outsiders and decide they are best friends. Says who? Us? What right have we to decide that? Clearly they like each other, they seem to have similar humour and both enjoy horsing around in that laddish way but that doesn't necessarily make them best friends.”
Quite. While housemates will get on better with some other housemates than others, they are not friends; they are rivals in a competition that they all want to win.
BOTS are just trying to move people to vote more. If viewers think that James winning is a done deal, they are less likely to bother voting.