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Tens of millions in US do believe Trump won, and that the election was rigged, so 1200 accounts saying that doesn't look that extraordinary Off-topic: I keep c

Tens of millions in US do believe Trump won, and that the election was rigged, so 1200 accounts saying that doesn't look that extraordinary Off-topic: I keep clicking on the X logo trying to close the pop-ups. This X rebrand doesn't feel like an improvement

pacerwpg 3y ago
> “We look at patterns of accounts that are discussing the debate topics, and during the interview as well, that are posting the same or similar content or the same links repeatedly within five seconds of each other,” he says. > If two accounts did this five times, the researchers took this as a sign that they were automated accounts. It sounds like they were pretty specific in how they identified the bot accounts.
- 40yearoldman 3y ago
  It’s like the researcher discovered echo chambers…
squigz 3y ago
Out of curiosity, why do you think "tens of millions" of people believe that?
- guilhas 3y ago
  Just finger in the air, based on events and social media comments since 2020 election Like I could say "tens of millions" of Democrats would still support Biden even if deem mental unfit for office, against Trump * At leat 30% of the voters, on both sides, of 2020 will not be moved by any new fact * In recent polls half Republican party still supports Trump. The Trump saga is so beaten up at this point, you would really have to believe Trump to keep it going * This new indictments help Trump, by giving media coverage. And because distrust between authority/justice and Republicans * This post analysis PDF also shows that the most liked, and retweeted, tweets are from verified accounts that support Trump views So between 30% and 50% of 74 million people seems to support Trump's views But to complete my original point, the bots identified look like budget "news channels", that also parrot those same views. That rightfully, or not, get labeled as "conspiracy theory" and "fake news"

pacerwpg 3y ago

> “We look at patterns of accounts that are discussing the debate topics, and during the interview as well, that are posting the same or similar content or the same links repeatedly within five seconds of each other,” he says. > If two accounts did this five times, the researchers took this as a sign that they were automated accounts. It sounds like they were pretty specific in how they identified the bot accounts.

40yearoldman 3y ago
It’s like the researcher discovered echo chambers…

squigz 3y ago

Out of curiosity, why do you think "tens of millions" of people believe that?

guilhas 3y ago
Just finger in the air, based on events and social media comments since 2020 election Like I could say "tens of millions" of Democrats would still support Biden even if deem mental unfit for office, against Trump * At leat 30% of the voters, on both sides, of 2020 will not be moved by any new fact * In recent polls half Republican party still supports Trump. The Trump saga is so beaten up at this point, you would really have to believe Trump to keep it going * This new indictments help Trump, by giving media coverage. And because distrust between authority/justice and Republicans * This post analysis PDF also shows that the most liked, and retweeted, tweets are from verified accounts that support Trump views So between 30% and 50% of 74 million people seems to support Trump's views But to complete my original point, the bots identified look like budget "news channels", that also parrot those same views. That rightfully, or not, get labeled as "conspiracy theory" and "fake news"