Author: Goetz Kluge
Beautiful Soup
+++ https://t.co/KRKrS0I3cm +++ pic.twitter.com/58E8xwgPaR
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) September 4, 2020
Election Sabotage (03)
Based on the massive number of Unsolicited & Solicited Ballots that will be sent to potential Voters for the upcoming 2020 Election, & in order for you to MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS & IS COUNTED, SIGN & MAIL IN your Ballot as EARLY as possible. On Election Day, or Early Voting,..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2020
…..go to your Polling Place to see whether or not your Mail In Vote has been Tabulated (Counted). If it has you will not be able to Vote & the Mail In System worked properly. If it has not been Counted, VOTE (which is a citizen’s right to do). If your Mail In Ballot arrives….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2020
….after you Vote, which it should not, that Ballot will not be used or counted in that your vote has already been cast & tabulated. YOU ARE NOW ASSURED THAT YOUR PRECIOUS VOTE HAS BEEN COUNTED, it hasn’t been “lost, thrown out, or in any way destroyed”. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2020
Active Again
I stopped using this blog in January 2020. Bit now it’s active again.
Election Sabotage (02)
Election Sabotage (01)
QUOD LICET IOVI NON LICET BOVI
Trump keeps violating the Twitter rules against posting misleading information about voting.
80 Million Unsolicited Ballots are impossible for election centers to tabulate accurately. The Democrats know this better than anyone else. The fraud and abuse will be an embarrassment to our Country. Hopefully the Courts will stop this scam!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2020
80 Million Unsolicited Ballots are impossible for election centers to tabulate accurately. The Democrats know this better than anyone else. The fraud and abuse will be an embarrassment to our Country. Hopefully the Courts will stop this scam!
— Will they suspend me? (@SuspendThePres) August 25, 2020
Report confirmation to me. (I accidentally pushed some button twice, therefor Twitter quotes 2 tweets but talks about 3 reports.)
Празднование Брексита
What happened to proudbear.ru? Seemingly they had been silenced. But already in 2018 @Pr0ud_Bear had prepared the posters for the Brexit celebration. Use them. Russia always is helpful!
Vladimir celebrates
- 3781 x 1981: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearVlad.png
- 3694 x 1894: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearVlad2.png
- SVG: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearVlad.svg (100MB)
- 8000 x 4200: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearVlad8000.png
Thank you, Boris!
- 3781 x 1981: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearBJ.png
- 3694 x 1894: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearBJ2.png
- SVG: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearBJ.svg
- 8000 x 4200: https://boojum.snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/pb/ProudbearBJ8000.png
Here is the flag.
※ 3781 x 1981: https://t.co/reYaagnxPx
※ 3694 x 1894: https://t.co/FKugPcVHo0
※ 8000 x 4200: https://t.co/k8urgVxrPS
※ SVG: https://t.co/OwArojW42N (100MB) pic.twitter.com/2Rc7rU0yZM— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) January 18, 2020
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※ 3781 x 1981: https://t.co/bzTW3LGAjC
※ 3694 x 1894: https://t.co/OGisfUrglI
※ 8000 x 4200: https://t.co/DJ20xdPKhJ
※ SVG: https://t.co/7TQ5CRpoYc pic.twitter.com/04H5Mm1r5M— Götz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 18, 2020
Understanding and Reducing the Spread of Misinformation Online
Understanding and reducing the spread of misinformation online
Authors: Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh, Antonio Arechar, Dean Eckles, David Rand
Created on November 13, 2019Supplemental Materials: https://osf.io/p6u8k/
Accuracy prompts decrease sharing of false and misleading news content
Contributors: Gordon Pennycook, David Rand
Date created: 2019-08-29 12:07 AM
Twitter thread by David Rand:
🚨Working paper alert!🚨 "Understanding and reducing the spread of misinformation online"
We introduce a behavioral intervention (accuracy salience) & show in surveys+field exp w >5k Twitter users that it increases quality of news sharinghttps://t.co/GYpg7jGtNk
— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We first ask why people share misinformation. It is because they simply can't assess the accuracy of information?
Probably not!
When asked about accuracy, MTurkers rate true headlines much higher than false. But when asked if theyd share online, veracity has little impact
2/ pic.twitter.com/OIJ04h2Fxb— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
So why this disconnect between accuracy judgments and sharing intentions? Is it that we are in a "post-truth world" and people no longer *care* much about accuracy?
Probably not!
Those same Turkers overwhelmingly say that its important to only share accurate information.
3/ pic.twitter.com/W1UA6VGSBd— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We propose the answer is *distraction*: this accuracy motive is overshadowed in social media context by other motives, e.g. attracting/pleasing followers or signaling group membership. This contrasts w post-truth account where people are aware of (non)veracity but share anyway
4/— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We test these views by making concept of accuracy top-of-mind. If people already recognize whether content is accurate but just don’t care much, accuracy salience should have no effect. But if problem is distraction, then accuracy salience should make people more discerning.
5/— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
In 3 preregistered exps (total N=2775) w MTurkers & ~representative sample, we have subjects in Treatment rate the accuracy of 1 nonpolitical headline at the study's outset. As predicted, this reduces sharing intentions for false (but not true) headlines relative to control.
6/ pic.twitter.com/6xefDGr2ea— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
Finally, we test our intervention "in the wild" on Twitter. We build up a follower-base of users who retweet Breitbart or Infowars. We then send each user a DM asking them to judge the accuracy of a nonpolitical headline (w DM date randomly assigned to allow causal inference)
7/ pic.twitter.com/xNYMJD9rB9— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We quantify quality of their tweets using fact-checker trust ratings of 60 news sites. At baseline, our users share links to quite low-trustworthiness sites – mostly Brietbart, DailyCaller plus Fox. We then compare link quality pre-treatment vs the 24 hrs after receiving DM
8/ pic.twitter.com/z8SQCtmgIm— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We find a significant increase in the quality of news posted after receiving the accuracy-salience DM: 1.4% increase in avg quality, 3.5% increase in summed quality, 2x increase in discernment. Users shift from DailyCaller/Breitbart to NYTimes!
9/ pic.twitter.com/52fAceFUPu— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
We hope these studies will lead to more work in behavioral science on social media sharing & that our Twitter method to more field exps.
We also hope platforms will take note, as our intervention is easily implementable. Could lead to less misinfo w/o centralized censorship!
— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
I'm extremely excited about this project, which was led by @GordPennycook @_ziv_e @MohsenMosleh , with further invaluable input from coauthors @AaArechar @deaneckles
Please let us know what you think: comments, critiques, suggestions etc. Thanks!!
— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 17, 2019
Because of the nature of our experimental design, we weren't really powered to test for long-term effects. My guess is that it probably didn't last that long – but its a treatment that the platforms could deliver regularly (e.g. with pop-ups in the newsfeed) pic.twitter.com/mxFaPHeeRi
— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 19, 2019
Totally agree! And philanthropists could buy ads delivering the treatment to misinfo sharers
— David G. Rand (@DG_Rand) November 19, 2019
For RT:
I added @DG_Rand's "Understanding and reducing the spread of misinformation online" thread to my collection of tweets: https://t.co/AAG4adFONQ pic.twitter.com/huEcy7aCqb
— Götz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) January 12, 2020
Answers to Arron Banks
Twitter sometimes cuts threads. This post makes it easier to connect answers to Arron Banks to tweets of Arron Banks.
As Yellowhammer documents showed at weekend – Ports /Tunnel say that they are ready. But what they mean is they are ready to process correct paperwork/ electronic registration of tens of thousands of exporters who have never needed to. Disruption arises if traders not prepped…
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) August 21, 2019
Arron Banks:
We managed to arrange the evacuation of 100,000’s troops from a beach in France using thousands of small craft , under massive military pressure , in a few days but we can’t fill in a few new forms in 2019… https://t.co/sCeKRo6YPj
— Arron Banks (@Arron_banks) August 22, 2019
Two answers to Arron Banks:
We? Dunkirk happened 20+ years before you were born and thousands were killed.
— Sen. Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) August 22, 2019
EU now pointing out what was clear in their guidance from March – UK EORI numbers will not be valid in EU after No Deal. So tens of thousands of UK traders also need to register in France, mainly, separately to auto-enrollment from HMRC announced this week https://t.co/dt4iwDZzyW
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) August 23, 2019
Arron Banks goes on:
“We” being the British. Ireland may have resigned itself to the status of a minor EU colony but WE are not European. You sold your country for €60 blllion net income & all the politicians bought and sold. Trump in the market for real estate deals , he loves Ireland 🇮🇪! https://t.co/YaKx3b97YZ
— Arron Banks (@Arron_banks) August 23, 2019
Another answer to Arron Banks:
When Ireland left the UK it was destitute. 20 years after joining the EU, Ireland was the Celtic Tiger and now with Sweden has a higher average income than the USA. New members Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania and Romania are among the fastest growing economies in the world. pic.twitter.com/9vqw5pLMFy
— QuantumChoices #FBPE 🔶️ (@tfoale) August 23, 2019
A Map for Boris Johnson’s Supporters
001 “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
002 As he landed his crew with care;
003 Supporting each man on the top of the tide
004 By a finger entwined in his hair.— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
005 “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
006 That alone should encourage the crew.
007 Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
008 What I tell you three times is true.”— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
093 He had bought [from Cummings] a large map representing the sea,
094 Without the least vestige of land:
095 And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
096 A map they could all understand.— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
An here is the Bellman's map: https://t.co/c0OG29IHIA pic.twitter.com/CCWDZiqpOa
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
097 “What’s the good of Mercator’s North Poles and Equators,
098 Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?”
099 So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
100 “They are merely conventional signs!— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
101 “Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
102 But we’ve got our brave Captain to thank:
103 (So the crew would protest) “that he’s bought us the best—
104 A perfect and absolute blank!”— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
105 This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out
106 That the Captain they trusted so well
107 Had only one notion for crossing the ocean,
108 And that was to tingle his bell.— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
109 He was thoughtful and grave—but the orders he gave
110 Were enough to bewilder a crew.
111 When he cried “Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!”
112 What on earth was the helmsman to do?— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
113 Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
114 A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
115 That frequently happens in tropical climes,
116 When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.”— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019
117 But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,
118 And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed,
119 Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East,
120 That the ship would not travel due West!-> https://t.co/brWZiWUkIq pic.twitter.com/UgoGsUapDV
— Snark Sesquicentennial (@Snark150) December 8, 2019