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Hamilton 68: tracking Russian propaganda in realtime


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2017 Aug 2, 2:14pm   1,930 views  10 comments

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1   Tenpoundbass   2017 Aug 2, 3:18pm  

Really God, Affirmativeaction and MAGA is Russian propaganda?

2   Tenpoundbass   2017 Aug 2, 3:19pm  

MAGA is top Dog what does that mean? That's what we all want everyone want's MAGA.
MAGA is in us all.

3   Rew   2017 Aug 2, 4:13pm  

Tenpoundbass says

Really God, Affirmativeaction and MAGA is Russian propaganda?

It depends on the context of the tweet doesn't it. They don't have fancy content parsing hooked up yet, they are just showing you what known bots are tweeting about by hashtags. For example a potential tweet could be: "Russian's are blessed and will overthrow America. #God"

Better, more revealing, is what sites they tend to tweet news stories from. I see some of your faves there Tenpoundbass. :)

4   CBOEtrader   2017 Aug 2, 4:37pm  

"they are just showing you what known bots are tweeting about by hashtags."

No they aren't.

"more revealing, is what sites they tend to tweet news stories from."

So close to the answer yet so far away. These tards couldn't tell a bot from a troll from a legit journalist. I read their site. Zero description of their method, or even what they define as a "BOT".

Are they including the CNN twitter handle? http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/06/28/fake-news-fake-followers-twitteraudit-reports-cnn-has-17-million-fake-twitter-followers/

5   CBOEtrader   2017 Aug 2, 4:44pm  

For the record, I have built twitter bots, twitter data analysis apps, automated twitter promotional campaigns, etc... My tech team is an official Twitter technology partner (its a generic term they give to any group who has umped through the proper hoops.). Colloquially bot = automation rather than an actual bot. Automation can mean almost anything. MOST regular accounts use some form of automation to decrease human effort. Without a clear definition of what they are trying to identify as well as a method to identify these "BOTS", I can almost guarantee you this is garbage fake news.

6   Rew   2017 Aug 2, 5:02pm  

CBOEtrader says

Without a clear definition of what they are trying to identify as well as a method to identify these "BOTS", I can almost guarantee you this is garbage fake news.

Sold! CBOTrader against it, so it's credibility rises in my eyes.

http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-propaganda-website-tracker-2017-8

7   Rew   2017 Aug 2, 5:04pm  

CBOEtrader says

Are they including the CNN twitter handle?

Hey, CNN looks to be doing pretty good there. Trump has 51% fake followers.

8   Rew   2017 Aug 2, 5:06pm  

CBOEtrader says

These tards couldn't tell a bot from a troll from a legit journalist.

But they can tell 600+ accounts associated with heavily spreading Russian propaganda. ;) Good enough for me. I don't care what flavor the account is.

9   CBOEtrader   2017 Aug 2, 6:13pm  

Rew says

CBOEtrader says

These tards couldn't tell a bot from a troll from a legit journalist.

But they can tell 600+ accounts associated with heavily spreading Russian propaganda. ;) Good enough for me. I don't care what flavor the account is.

Ok, so this is a report about 600 accounts that follow news you disagree with? That's probably fair.

This certainly makes the "bot" claim nonsense. I'm glad we agree

10   Rew   2017 Aug 4, 2:41pm  

They have upped their grab to recent influx of more accounts they have watched come online in January. Also just tracked a spike of over 5000% in the hashtag #FireMcMasters

Amazing to watch the propaganda war in realtime. McMasters just ousted a Bannonite from the NSC yesterday. He also now has strong cover with Kelly in the house. This is likely the actual fight for direction of the administration right now, and still ... the Russians are right there ... trying hard to push things.

Speaking of Russians ...

Funny, where have I heard this before? Who recently has been echoing this type of speech on Pnet? Hmmmm.

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