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Thread: just a snapshot of the increasing polarisation of the US Twittersphere ahead of the midterms.
Polarised communities proved to be an easy target for influence operations in 2014-18.
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Polarised communities proved to be an easy target for influence operations in 2014-18.
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Scanned three sets of paired election-related hashtags: #VoteRed / #VoteBlue, #RedWave2018 / #BlueWave2018, #FlipItRed / #FlipItBlue.
First scan covered 48 hours. Overall, pro-Democratic hashtags got significantly higher traffic (79k posts compared with 47k posts).
First scan covered 48 hours. Overall, pro-Democratic hashtags got significantly higher traffic (79k posts compared with 47k posts).
On this scan, users of pro-Democratic hashtags were roughly double the number of users on pro-Republican hashtags (40k users compared with 21k users).
