Why? It may be a good illustration of how difficult it is to trace viral spread. Compared to IRL epidemiology, twitter is digitally-easy. Assuming R naught greater than zero, I suspect the paths may be interesting and surprising to see.
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If you're technically savvy, you can follow along and collect the data yourself. Here's a seven line gist (plus some twitter interactions) that will allow you to tail tweets using that hashtag,https://gist.github.com/jbn/f6549a7794899320351c6927dbc09cb6 …
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Additionally, if this works (I assume it won't), I'll share any findings and data (that twitter allows me to share) afterwards. Mostly, I want to see this in abstract space,pic.twitter.com/e3mnzndmWt
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P.S. Someone pointed out that copy/paste may do funny things with emojis. That's fine (and hey, mutation!). As long as the hashtag is there, it's workable.
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Oh, also, don't quote tweet me if that's not the one you come across. Just quote tweet the one you see.
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I'm new to Twitter. What's a "quote tweet" and how would one do this? Thanks!
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A quote tweet is a tweet that has another tweet embedded in it. See these examples: https://twitter.com/search?q=quoted_tweet_id%3A1233059587508469760&src=typed_query&f=live …
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Those willing to retweet could be systematically different from those who either don't see or are unwilling to retweet. Could simulate a "most vulnerable" population!
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Yea, I think they will be. Which is also neat for the reasons you're alluding to!https://twitter.com/generativist/status/1233062367623147526 …
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Lucky me! Apparently I have a natural immunity to chain letters.
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A huge factor! (And why I assume R0 << 1
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