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I was an elected 2008 Hillary Clinton DNC delegate and have ran numerous campaigns for the Democrats. I also work in tech. Twitter supports Democrats. If you

I was an elected 2008 Hillary Clinton DNC delegate and have ran numerous campaigns for the Democrats. I also work in tech. Twitter supports Democrats. If you study the trending tweets, those that tend to easily trend favor Democrat issues, ideas and movements. Comments on object news articles promote Democratic comments over conservative commenters. Looking deeper, if you study campaign contributions by the staff of Twitter, its at North Korean levels (95% Democratic Party vs 5% All others) of popular support. How is this level of political support different than TikTok's support for the CCP? How are the design patterns and motivations of TikTok worse than twitter?

psyklic 6y ago
Couldn't the userbase be more to blame than Twitter? Pew Research says that "Twitter users [are] more likely to be Democrats" [1]. Also, 80% of all Tweets mentioning national politics were apparently made by users who "strongly disapprove" of Trump [2]. That provides a potential explanation for why comments and trending tweets may "favor Democrat issues" -- supposing that even is the case. I can't seem to find any reputable articles or evidence regarding the "trending tweets" political breakdown and "campaign contributions by the staff of Twitter" -- could we be pointed to some sources? [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-tw... [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-politics-on-twitter-small-share-of-u-s-adults-produce-majority-of-tweets/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-pol...
- justinzollars 6y ago
  Campaign contributions by the staff of Twitter: [1] https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_employer=twitter&two_year_transaction_period=2020&min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&max_date=12%2F31%2F2020 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?...
  - psyklic 6y ago
    Nice find! Based on this data, it does seem that contributions from Twitter employees are overwhelmingly to Democratic causes.
    - justinzollars 6y ago
      It's very fun, You learn who is political at work
- justinzollars 6y ago
  I'm curious about those non reputable articles you found.
  - psyklic 6y ago
    Well, the main source I could find regarding the political affiliation of trending tweets was Trump. For example: "Trump blasts 'trending' section on Twitter: 'Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!'" [1] [1] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-blasts-trending-section-on-twitter-really-ridiculous-illegal https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-bla...

psyklic 6y ago

Couldn't the userbase be more to blame than Twitter? Pew Research says that "Twitter users [are] more likely to be Democrats" [1]. Also, 80% of all Tweets mentioning national politics were apparently made by users who "strongly disapprove" of Trump [2]. That provides a potential explanation for why comments and trending tweets may "favor Democrat issues" -- supposing that even is the case. I can't seem to find any reputable articles or evidence regarding the "trending tweets" political breakdown and "campaign contributions by the staff of Twitter" -- could we be pointed to some sources? [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-tw... [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-politics-on-twitter-small-share-of-u-s-adults-produce-majority-of-tweets/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/10/23/national-pol...

justinzollars 6y ago
Campaign contributions by the staff of Twitter: [1] https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_employer=twitter&two_year_transaction_period=2020&min_date=01%2F01%2F2019&max_date=12%2F31%2F2020 https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?...
- psyklic 6y ago
  Nice find! Based on this data, it does seem that contributions from Twitter employees are overwhelmingly to Democratic causes.
  - justinzollars 6y ago
    It's very fun, You learn who is political at work
justinzollars 6y ago
I'm curious about those non reputable articles you found.
- psyklic 6y ago
  Well, the main source I could find regarding the political affiliation of trending tweets was Trump. For example: "Trump blasts 'trending' section on Twitter: 'Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!'" [1] [1] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-blasts-trending-section-on-twitter-really-ridiculous-illegal https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-bla...