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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Dec 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nate Silver

      A topic that just doesn't lend itself to such isolated statistical analyses. That's not how culture or politics operates. Take the 0.1% at face value. Example: What if that led reporters to amplify narratives which colored the whole election? (I think that happened in parts).https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1074848968188796930 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      What fraction of overall social media impressions on the 2016 election were generated by Russian troll farms? 0.1%? I'm not sure what the answer is, but suspect it's low, and it says something that none of the reports that hype up the importance of them address that question.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Dec 2018

      I think the DNC hack was likely the biggest impact—and that happened because of mass media complicity/naivete plus massive social-media based propaganda that was almost completely unchecked, and much of it probably troll-originated. As with anything complex, it's interconnected.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Dec 2018

      If the immune system is weak and if there is no antibiotics forthcoming, a pretty small amount of E. coli can kill the patient. "It was just 0.0001 percent of your bodymass" isn't the right answer because the right question is: How did that interact with everything else and why?

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Dec 2018

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jody Shenn

      Yep, there were specific incidents, but there was, I think, a lot of narrative-shaping power that was more diffuse but very potent to the trolling. And I think journalists were specifically targeted, and often fell for it.https://twitter.com/JodyShenn/status/1075837885541171200 …

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      Jody Shenn @JodyShenn
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      E.g. pic.twitter.com/KlqoYQN2x0
      11:48 AM - 20 Dec 2018
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      • INVEST IN SAFETY = DEFUND THE POLICE Yossarian Aranjedeath michael woods Sina James Cox Dr. Susannah Paletz Paula Rogness Shawn Peirce
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        1. Jody Shenn‏ @JodyShenn 20 Dec 2018
          Replying to @zeynep

          Absolutely... why I went with “e.g.” not “i.e.” ... however, the flip side is that some of the narrative-shaping power of the propaganda stemmed from it calling attention to actual real issues that the media was otherwise generally ignoring. So it’s quite complicated, of course.

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        1. Matt Paul‏ @Selector7G 20 Dec 2018
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          Totally valid, but your statements also hold true for the far greater % of non-Russian trolling, which is a topic being glossed over by most.

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        1. Shawn Peirce‏ @_silversmith 20 Dec 2018
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          Also, being purposely obtuse as @NateSilver538 is on this ignores the reality of hyper-targeting via social media: That specific accounts & individuals are targeted *because* they have a greater impact on others. It's a key reason specific accounts would have been targeted.

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        1. Simon Templar‏ @SimonLite 20 Dec 2018
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          and often, one tweet may be sufficient to form someone's opinion on a certain matter, however ridiculous it may be. someone (a turkish person) recently wrote me a mention that usa should first investigate its own scandals such as pizzagate.

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        1. Erin Gallagher‏ @3r1nG 21 Dec 2018
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          Erin Gallagher Retweeted Erin Gallagher

          Related: certain journalists were targeted by 4chan. "Lead unethical reporters on wild goose chases" and "Submit anti hillary story leads to helpareporter [dot] com" - /pol/ https://twitter.com/3r1ng/status/1046853921292132352 … imo journalists are always targeted, they’re gatekeepers to larger platforms.

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          Erin Gallagher @3r1nG
          This next part will make all the journalists who follow me cringe. "Lead unethical reporters on wild goose chases" and "Submit anti hillary story leads to https://www.helpareporter.com/ " They were trolling the media too. https://medium.com/@erin_gallagher/advanced-meme-warfare-july-6-2016-cw-5f9287ef36cd … pic.twitter.com/p6Veri7he6
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