TWEETS, BOTS, AND DISINFORMATION DESTROYING A FUNCTIONAL DEMOCRACY - WORST IN WORLD. VOTE!; Open Lab Summary, 10/21
THIS WEEK AT KINETECH ARTS WE HAD THE GREATEST OPEN LAB. IN THE WORLD. VOTE!
WE STARTED BY DOING ANOTHER MENTI GROUP QUESTIONNAIRE . VOTE!
THIS SCREENSHOT IS HOW WE ALL FEEL AS WE BURN IN A DYSTOPIAN HELL WHERE THE US GOVERNMENT CAN PERFORM UNCONSENTING HYSTERECTOMIES AND THE PRESIDENT ACTIVELY INFECTED OTHERS WHILE HAVING COVID-19. VOTE!
WE ALSO HAVE A LOOSE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEFINITION OF EMOJIS. VOTE!
ON THIS DAY, ALEX WAS SPEAKING. OUR VERY OWN ALEX WHO SENDS OUT THE EMAILS. VOTE!
SHE IS SO TALENTED SHE ALSO DOES DATA ANALYSIS USING KINEVIZ SOFTWARE BY WEI. VOTE!
SHE LOOKED AT HOW TWITTER WAS AFFECTING THE ELECTION. VOTE!
THE BLUE IS DEMOCRATIC/LEFTWING TWEETS AND USERS. RED IS THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT LOOKS LIKE COVID-19. VOTE!
THIS IS IMPORTANT INFO TO LOOK AT BECAUSE AMERICA IS WEIRD AF AND TWITTER MESSES UP OUR PERCEPTION OF WHERE OUR POLITICIANS STAND. (NOT BY AND BACK.)! VOTE!
BERNIE IS NOT REALLY THAT LEFT-WING BUT AMERICA SUCKS ABT BEING REASONABLE SO HE FEELS VERY RADICAL. VOTE!
TWITTER ALSO BECOMES ECHO CHAMBERS. FOR OUR OWN OPINIONS. VOTE!
IT JUST HAPPENS. SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS. VOTE!
SOME PEOPLE ON TWITTER HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON WHAT OTHER PEOPLE RETWEET.
YOU CAN SEE LEFT AND RIGHT-LEANING USERS. TWO BIG CAMPS. ITS CLEAR. VOTE!
MANY PEOPLE LOOK INTO HOW AUTOMATED TWITTER USERS ARE. VOTE!
FOR EXAMPLE THE OBSERVATORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY HAS A BOTMETER. GIVES DIFFERENT USERS A BOT PROBABILITY SCORE. VOTE!
APPARENTLY RIGHT-WING TWITTER USERS HAV A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF BEING BOTS. VOTE!
SO POLARIZED. VOTE!
SPARKTORO HAS THE INFORMATION. INFORMATION THAT SPAM, BOT, PROPOGANDA, AND INACTIVE ACCOUNTS MAKE UP 61% OF DONALD TRUMP'S FOLLOWERS. VOTE!
THE MOST OF ANYONE ELSE! VOTE!
BUT ALSO A SIZABLE PERCENTAGE FOR EVERYONE ELSE TOO. VOTE!
I DONT REMEMBER WHAT ELSE HAPPENED AT OPEN LAB BECAUSE ELECTION TALK STRESSES ME OUT. VOTE!
TWITTER. BIG IMPACT. BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. VOTE!
COME TO OUR Y-EXCHANGE FOR A MORE IN DEPTH TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE TWITTER AND DISINFORMATION SITUATION. VOTE!
KINETECH OPEN LAB. WED 6-715 PST. VOTE!
BUT NOT NEXT WEEK BECAUSE Y-EXCHANGE IS NEXT WEEK. 6-730 PST. VOTE!
GOD BLESS AMERICA.