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Going to the "Dashboard" .... https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ Actually readin

Going to the "Dashboard" .... https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ Actually reading what it has to say .... "It would therefore be INCORRECT to, without further analysis, label anyone or anything that appears on the dashboard as being connected to state-backed propaganda." Conclusion: - Matt Taibbi clearly does not understand what this dash board does and is likely sensationalizing his headlines to draw in more readers.

ZeroGravitas 4y ago
I was curious if that was new, here's a quote from the site founder in a Ars Technica story back in 2017: > During that research, Berger related, he and his collaborators "identified and monitored a lot of networks that we could credibly connect to Russian influence operations in aggregate." While specifically tagging any single account as being part of an influence campaign "is problematic," Berger said, "we can see when groups are synchronized. We would load these networks up in Tweetdeck to monitor them, but that is a very difficult way to assess trends and digest content. So we began tossing the idea of a dashboard around." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/new-web-tool-tracks-russian-influence-ops-on-twitter/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/new-web-tool-tracks-...
- strangattractor 4y ago
  Let's see Dec 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221227055424/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221227055424/https://securingd... April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220430105409/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220430105409/https://securingd... Dec 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206192253/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211206192253/https://securingd... Appears to be there in 2021 which is way before the "Twitter Papers" were published. So it was not a reaction to that.
  - strangattractor 4y ago
    Actually it seems to have at least said that since 2019.... https://web.archive.org/web/20191020055509/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191020055509/https://securingd... If I had to guess it has always said that. At least for version 2.0
kevinmrose 4y ago
Do you think the Twitter internal team discussing their methods back in 2017 understood what was going on? https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1619029835858444288/photo/1 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1619029835858444288/photo...
- strangattractor 4y ago
  Just because someone at Twitter thinks it might be the case, has a belief or collects data to suggest something doesn't make it so. Many things have unintended consequences and data wranglers are notorious for throwing out data they are suspicious of. Without knowing exactly the "method" used by both sides it is all speculation. Show me the code:)

ZeroGravitas 4y ago

I was curious if that was new, here's a quote from the site founder in a Ars Technica story back in 2017: > During that research, Berger related, he and his collaborators "identified and monitored a lot of networks that we could credibly connect to Russian influence operations in aggregate." While specifically tagging any single account as being part of an influence campaign "is problematic," Berger said, "we can see when groups are synchronized. We would load these networks up in Tweetdeck to monitor them, but that is a very difficult way to assess trends and digest content. So we began tossing the idea of a dashboard around." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/new-web-tool-tracks-russian-influence-ops-on-twitter/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/new-web-tool-tracks-...

strangattractor 4y ago
Let's see Dec 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221227055424/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221227055424/https://securingd... April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220430105409/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220430105409/https://securingd... Dec 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206192253/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211206192253/https://securingd... Appears to be there in 2021 which is way before the "Twitter Papers" were published. So it was not a reaction to that.
- strangattractor 4y ago
  Actually it seems to have at least said that since 2019.... https://web.archive.org/web/20191020055509/https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/hamilton-dashboard/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191020055509/https://securingd... If I had to guess it has always said that. At least for version 2.0

kevinmrose 4y ago

Do you think the Twitter internal team discussing their methods back in 2017 understood what was going on? https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1619029835858444288/photo/1 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1619029835858444288/photo...

strangattractor 4y ago
Just because someone at Twitter thinks it might be the case, has a belief or collects data to suggest something doesn't make it so. Many things have unintended consequences and data wranglers are notorious for throwing out data they are suspicious of. Without knowing exactly the "method" used by both sides it is all speculation. Show me the code:)