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Associate Professor at the University of Rochester. I study conflict and ethnicity. Stack Overflow is my superpower.

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    Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

    Updated data on Twitter before/after @ChuckWendig being fired from @Marvel/@StarWars. The new part is the number of bots (fully automated accounts) tweeting about Wendig. I'm amazed by how many bots there were.pic.twitter.com/SIfpYynvVx

    10:22 am - 18 Oct 2018
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      2. Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

        The # of tweets from normal accounts is in this graph. Of note: Lots more real people paid attention when he was fired vs after his initial tweetstorm. Also, @EthanVanSciver is right that legit accounts found Wendig through him – there is a bump after he tweeted his YouTube link.pic.twitter.com/MIrn3TMwFY

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      3. Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

        Also after EVS tweeted, sketchy twitter exploded. Graph shows likely bots (automated) & 2 kinds of likely semi-automated accnts -- anon (no user description) & puppets (tweet >70/day). Bars are stacked counts-e.g., bar after Wendig’s 1st tweet is 44 bots, 8 puppets, & 4 anons.pic.twitter.com/mXJlhODk76

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      4. Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

        Now all the types of Twitter stacked. I’ve said before that fully automated accounts were not that active on SW twitter (http://goo.gl/Zo3kHT ). But 20% of the tweets in this period of Wendig twitter were from likely bots! (19% of accnts) cc: @Stephen_Kent89 @mortenbaypic.twitter.com/GHUm02kQMr

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      5. Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

        FAQs: I used @Botometer to code bots. Anon. accounts are suspiciously generic. It isn't based on if someone uses a real name/picture. (Not sure how I’d know). Anon is unverified + no user description. Puppets are unverified and tweet a lot (>70/day, inc. retweets).

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      6. Bethany Lacina‏ @bethany_lacina 18 Oct 2018

        NB: An automated/semi-automated account can take cues from a pundit account (like EVS) without the pundit knowing or doing anything special. It is the same principle as the algorithms that are continually monitoring your feed and picking ads for you to see.

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      2. Reviewer #2  ✊ 🗽 🌻‏ @oligopistos 18 Oct 2018
        Replying to @bethany_lacina @ChuckWendig and

        Heckuva job @Marvel. Way to go @MarkPaniccia. Maybe sockpuppets and bots can buy your comics from now on because a lot of Chuck's actual human fans surely won't.

        2 replies . 16 retweets 124 likes
      3. Reviewer #2  ✊ 🗽 🌻‏ @oligopistos 18 Oct 2018
        Replying to @oligopistos @bethany_lacina and

        I took my girls to buy comics over the weekend. This time, I explained that we weren't buying any @Marvel stuff. When they asked why, I said b/c they fired a guy for speaking up for gays lesbians & PoC. They wonder why the company that publishes Ms. Marvel would do that. So do I.

        3 replies . 19 retweets 151 likes
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      1. Richard Thomas‏ @richardgthomas3 18 Oct 2018
        Replying to @bethany_lacina @ChuckWendig and

        wow. wth. i'm always #teamwendig

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      2. Rob Sheridan‏Verified account @rob_sheridan 18 Oct 2018
        Replying to @bethany_lacina @ChuckWendig and

        Excellent research here. Really shows in plain data how insincere the campaign against Chuck was, as if it wasn’t already obvious to everyone except apparently Marvel.

        2 replies . 4 retweets 42 likes
      3. Michael Hilger‏ @MHilger 18 Oct 2018
        Replying to @rob_sheridan @bethany_lacina and

        Good to see proof of what we just talked about not 72 hours ago. Marvel fell for this for the second time. Like honestly what the fuck Marvel?

        2 replies . 2 retweets 34 likes
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