Pew: 92% of all tweets since last November were made by 10% of users, 69% of whom were Democrats; Trump's was the most-mentioned account followed by YouTube's
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@pierce
David Pierce
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Today in “Twitter is not real life,” a new Pew poll finds: - 10% of Twitter users post 92% of all tweets - Democrats on Twitter are more liberal than Dems not on Twitter (not so for Republicans) - No matter your politics, everybody loves @jimmyfallon https://www.protocol.com/...
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@amir
Amir Efrati
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twtr != generally representative (fav topic of both @billmaher & @mvpeers) https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
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@nxthompson
@nxthompson
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Super-interesting new data from Pew. Democrats on Twitter are way more liberal than Dems IRL. Republicans on Twitter though are pretty much the same as Republicans IRL. https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@paldhous
Peter Aldhous
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Latest reminder that Twitter is not real life, from @pewresearch: “The median Democrat on Twitter posts just once a month, while the median Republican on Twitter has no monthly tweets.” https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
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@pewmethods
@pewmethods
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NEW: @pewresearch's Data Labs team analyzed the behavior of more than 3,500 U.S. adults on Twitter to study differences in how Democrats and Republicans act on the platform. Read more: https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
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@marshallk
Marshall Kirkpatrick
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92% of tweets are posted by 10% of users, says Pew. Tech may enable change, like democratized communication, but that change is limited by pace of cultural change. The leading edge of tech has moved on, but our minds are still in broadcast consumption mode https://www.techmeme.co…
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@pewresearch
@pewresearch
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Our new analysis of U.S. adults' Twitter behaviors finds that Democrats and Republicans have notable differences in how they use Twitter - from how often they tweet to accounts they follow or mention. (THREAD: 1/) https://www.pewresearch.org/ ...
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@adamsinger
Adam Singer
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OK ignoring political affiliation part of this (I don't think that can be validated) I like that every few years people are reminded participation inequality is a thing. We have seen this true since the 90s, all the way through to when the web was 1B users https://www.nngroup.com…
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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All of this makes sense except the Jimmy Fallon part https://twitter.com/...