A look at the key social media feedback loops that help Trump, where his high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers push messages both to and from him
Researchers say the online feedback loop between Trump, high-profile influencers and rank-and-file followers is more dangerous than Russian disinformation. Tweets: @lizzadwoskin , @tripgabriel , @alfonslopeztena , @markseibel , @stillgray , @adamconner , @brendannyhan , @geoffreyfowler , @arunindy , @cfiesler , @simonwdc , and @marston4ca42 Tweets: Elizabeth Dwoskin / @lizzadwoskin : We did a deep dive on the forces powering Trump's misinfo megaphone. -Researchers found 1/2 of his RT's come from identical accounts that tweet in near-perfect synchronicity. Zero chance this could happen organically. -Up to 10% of RTs came from QAnon. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel : “The scale and scope of domestic disinformation is far greater than anything a foreign adversary could ever do to us” — and the chief source is Trump, amplified by a conservative feedback loop, researchers say. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Alfons Lpez Tena / @alfonslopeztena : Just 20 Twitter accounts, including Trump's, are the original source of 1/5 of retweets that delegitimize voting https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Mark Seibel / @markseibel : Interesting look at how Trump's tweets get repeated. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ian Miles Cheong / @stillgray : Washington Post says that Trump supporters amplifying and supporting Trump's message is more dangerous to the election and the “integrity of political debate” than any Russian operation. It's bad, apparently, that people might agree with Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... This American Adam / @adamconner : Never once in my life when I was trying to get politicians on social media did I imagine the President of the United States would embody all the worst possibilities of the new medium. https://twitter.com/... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : The misinformation threat to our election is overwhelmingly domestic https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Geoffrey A. Fowler / @geoffreyfowler : “Trump is hands down the most significant accelerant and amplifier for disinformation in the election,” says @GrahamBrookie. “The scale and scope of domestic disinformation is far greater than anything a foreign adversary could ever do to us.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @arunindy : “Trump's disinformation feedback loop is far more damaging than the efforts of Russian operatives or other foreign adversaries.” YA THINK? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @cfiesler : so my colleague at @cuinfoscience Leysia @Palen and collaborators stumbled onto non-random patterns in Trump retweets that show that some form of automation is driving his messages (which include disinformation) to go viral to an unheard of degree anyway, go vote. #election2020 https://twitter.com/... Simon Rosenberg / @simonwdc : This is a really important article. New research suggests, finally, that there is sophisticated automation amplifying Trump's social media presence. This was known, expected, but this work creates a new level of understanding behind what's happening. https://twitter.com/... Regina Marston / @marston4ca42 : Disinformation on social media is rampant. Our government has done nothing about it. @marcorubio looking at you, Bible boy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...