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If you want another angle on the story, consider non-bot bots. (aka "sock puppets") You have an argument with someone on twitter and the next second 4 or 5 new

If you want another angle on the story, consider non-bot bots. (aka "sock puppets") You have an argument with someone on twitter and the next second 4 or 5 newly formed eggs with 1 follower apiece pile in to defend the other POV, sometimes without regard to civility. It could be a coincidence. Or it could be that the person you were debating let their ID out in another way. Edit: Just to be clear, I was talking about the Freudian "Id" in all caps, used these days as a short-hand for a sort of unfiltered emotional inner child, and not "I.D." which is short for identification.

jashkenas 10y ago
There are certainly a great many interesting angles ;) For a neat paper that actually has some nice hard evidence about what government production of social posts can look like, check out Gary King and co. at Harvard's exploration of Zhanggong, China: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf We summarized it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/business/international/china-fifty-cent-party-internet.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/business/international/ch...
- eternalban 10y ago
  https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644v1.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644v1.pdf "China". To think I used to actually pay for your paper in my errant youth! :)
DanBC 10y ago
That's a really unsophisticated sockpuppet. For something more detailed I guess "Can we talk about nowheremom yet" is a good start: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-nowheremom-yet.275172/ https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-nowhe... http://web.archive.org/web/20010624115154/http%3A//forums.anandtech.com/arcmessageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=102468 http://web.archive.org/web/20010624115154/http%3A//forums.an... Or the "DaveonWheels" hoax: http://observer.com/2012/10/meet-hunter-dunn-the-young-man-whose-identity-was-stolen-for-the-dave-on-wheels-hoax/ http://observer.com/2012/10/meet-hunter-dunn-the-young-man-w... http://dave-on-wheels-exposed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/dave-on-wheels-exposed-twist-you-never.html http://dave-on-wheels-exposed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/dave-on...
jessewmc 10y ago
Tangent, but the Freudian id is usually rendered in all lowercase, and your meaning would be much clearer that way.

jashkenas 10y ago

There are certainly a great many interesting angles ;) For a neat paper that actually has some nice hard evidence about what government production of social posts can look like, check out Gary King and co. at Harvard's exploration of Zhanggong, China: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf http://gking.harvard.edu/files/gking/files/50c.pdf We summarized it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/business/international/china-fifty-cent-party-internet.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/business/international/ch...

eternalban 10y ago
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644v1.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644v1.pdf "China". To think I used to actually pay for your paper in my errant youth! :)

DanBC 10y ago

That's a really unsophisticated sockpuppet. For something more detailed I guess "Can we talk about nowheremom yet" is a good start: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-nowheremom-yet.275172/ https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/can-we-talk-about-nowhe... http://web.archive.org/web/20010624115154/http%3A//forums.anandtech.com/arcmessageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=102468 http://web.archive.org/web/20010624115154/http%3A//forums.an... Or the "DaveonWheels" hoax: http://observer.com/2012/10/meet-hunter-dunn-the-young-man-whose-identity-was-stolen-for-the-dave-on-wheels-hoax/ http://observer.com/2012/10/meet-hunter-dunn-the-young-man-w... http://dave-on-wheels-exposed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/dave-on-wheels-exposed-twist-you-never.html http://dave-on-wheels-exposed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/dave-on...

jessewmc 10y ago

Tangent, but the Freudian id is usually rendered in all lowercase, and your meaning would be much clearer that way.