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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

      Of all the qualified epidemiology reviewers in the world, 80% of reviewers being on twitter with mean 42,000 followers is enriched for twitter celebrities. Sorry to break that to you

      3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      Lol, leaving aside the absurdity of using the mean value, as we've already discussed most of those followers were probably gained for doing things precisely like this. You even agreed!

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
    3. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

      Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 Retweeted Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷

      median is 10000 Your comparison is not righthttps://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1369159357749862400?s=20 …

      Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 added,

      Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom
      you say you will compare them to their past selves. that is wrong, you must compare the set of reviewers to all possible reviewers who have the chops to review.
      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      And how many of those "possible" reviewers regularly agree to do public fact-checks? Is it plausible that doing public fact-checks during COVID-19 is a great way to get followers quickly?

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      Then let's consider further - of they are intentionally selecting celebrities, why is the mean so much higher than the median? Take away 2-3 of their really high follower accounts and suddenly it's mostly just boring academics

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      And then let's go back and take another look at some of the accounts. Several of them were ONLY CREATED in 2020 by professors with relevant subject matter expertise. Is it a reasonable claim to say that they are "twitter celebrities"?

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      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?

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    8. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

      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

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      And what do you think happens when people start participating in this sort of fact checking exercise in terms of their twitter following?

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    10. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
      Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

      Honestly, nothing, because the fact checkers are not named in Facebook's labeling, and they are hard to find the names. To be honest you are wrong about 2 of them. Topol and Angella R. are not fact checkers.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 8
      Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

      You don't think that they check facts? Have you seen either of their feeds?

      9:50 PM - 8 Mar 2021
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      2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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        2. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
          Replying to @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

          Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 Retweeted Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷

          I think we are talking past each other. Yes, they engage in criticism that you would call 'fact checking' but they were not fact checkers as picked by this website is that is tied to facebook's labeling of articles, which is the topic of my essayhttps://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1369163639001808896?s=20 …

          Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷 added,

          Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH
          Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom
          Moreover, among randomly selected faculty just 30% are on twitter, not 80%, so if it was selected by expertise alone, many would not have accounts to grow
          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Vinay Prasad, MD MPH  🎙️ 📷‏Verified account @VPrasadMDMPH Mar 8
          Replying to @VPrasadMDMPH @GidMK @CT_Bergstrom

          I encourage anyone to write a rebuttal of any article My issue is the process by which Facebook STAMPS an article as misleading and whether that is fair

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Dr. Angela Rasmussen‏Verified account @angie_rasmussen Mar 9
          Replying to @GidMK @VPrasadMDMPH @CT_Bergstrom

          Fact check: my name is spelled “Angela”

          1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
        3. Leslie Kasza‏ @kasza_leslie Mar 9
          Replying to @angie_rasmussen @GidMK and

          You are Dr. Rasmussen to me. Called human decency and respect since I do not know you.

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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