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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 23 May 2021

      One of the most fascinating dynamics of this pandemic is the Twitter/media/pundit feedback cycle. (This was documented before for other topics, too.) Now, with many top scientists not as active, if at all, on Twitter—pandemic keeps them busy—it’s gotten even more interesting.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021

      Don’t get me wrong, I’m active here so not saying it’s wrong to be. But the sampling here is clearly very lopsided. But it’s easy to look only here and gain impressions that look solid but aren’t necessarily so if you do the legwork—which is getting harder, given state of media.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021

      But it’s a feedback cycle! Media people quote the most accessible people who are sometimes, in fact, a group, which then gets represented as what we know and then the busy scientists not on here may decide that’s not a hill to die on—or not even notice. They’re not even asked.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021

          Finally lots of people have stopped commenting here at all because it’s so unpleasant. Pile-ons, accusations... I think retrospectively we are going to find all this is why so many things are so confusing on the surface. More so then the reality. Twitter isn’t a good source.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021

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          Let me add this here. I’m not talking about a “good or bad” framing, but pointing out a feedback cycle that’s been documented before and one that gets stronger with time (exactly because of the feedback nature). It can exist along with the obvious other dynamics we can see.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1396529721538748418 …

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
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          Of course, there’s an enormous amount of value but what I say is *also* true. Interestingly, this is a very similar dynamic we saw with social movements before. I literally have chapters on this in my book. Well-documented and complex dynamic.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted ᗪavid Spencer

          And yep, this also true. In fact, I’m struck by how similar this is to what many social movements experienced: spectacularly useful early on exactly like that, but, over time, other dynamics make it harder to get that value out of it as the other feedback cycle tightens.https://twitter.com/Busabx/status/1396468797582712843 …

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          I think in twitter's defence that (maybe particular to Australian context) it was via twitter that HKU and other research from Asia on masks, particle spread, etc. circulated early - measures dismissed and sources ignored locally by governments, chief health officers, and others.
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        1. J. Nathan Matias‏ @natematias 23 May 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          And book deals too! Publishers will pitch books to people who have witty/timely things to say on Twitter, which is a thing I recently learned

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        1. Thomas Hammond‏ @t0mmy44 23 May 2021
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          The signal:noise on twitter (or any social media) is pretty low, and only gets worse over time. Blue checks are no longer a helpful beacon, either. Your posts have got me through a lot of the past year and a half with my mind intact, so thanks for keeping it up!

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        1. Julian‏ @julianlewis2012 23 May 2021
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          Not just the most accessible people, but it seems also the most quotable (read: prone to certainty and hyperbole) people.

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        1. Jan C Kraus‏ @kraus_jc 23 May 2021
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          This is why it's important to follow a diversified set of accounts and explore beyond what the media is publishing/tweeting. I actively look for people to follow who are not like me—tends to lead to all sorts of new and different information.

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        1. Jorge A. Caballero, MD‏Verified account @DataDrivenMD 23 May 2021
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          ✅Can confirm. Only reason I returned to Twitter in 2020 was to address the flood of misinformation in the mainstream press. Early on, the press leaned on subject matter experts who were available. These experts presented their opinion as fact, and often overstated their roles.

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        2. (((Ceolaf)))‏ @ceolaf 23 May 2021
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          This is huge problem in academia. Who does the work the make their research available to the public? To public officials? To the larger public? What are the rewards within the academy for doing that? (Ha ha ha ha ha ha)

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 May 2021
          Replying to @ceolaf @mattyglesias

          Yeah. The incentives aren’t in that direction. To be clear, many do regardless. But it’s very hard to wade through without a lot of work. And the media incentive right now isn’t to wade through—hence the feedback cycle.

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