I was responding to a factual claim with an empirical test. I think it's quite useful to know if the statement is true or not irrespective of whether our opinions align
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You are going in circles there are 2 claims 1. Among all possible qualified reviewers, these folks are disproportionately popular on twitter (true) 2. That is convenient, b/c you know how they will votehttps://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1369141032152014848?s=20 …
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The whole process looks like it pays a debt to twitter...pic.twitter.com/ehhFQihiZm
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Now let's think about a counterfactual. The people most likely to agree to participate in a public fact-check of their peers work are also the most likely to be active on social media during the pandemic, and may have gained followers for precisely this reason Plausible?
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No. This fact checking is purportedly important, so if you ask random university faculty, many will likely agree. The pool of qualified reviewers is massive 10k +; I see no reason to think that folks active on twitter will preferentially agree to review/so much they dominate
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