{"id":786,"date":"2020-10-29T18:03:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1326188"},"modified":"2020-10-29T18:03:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:03:21","slug":"explore-the-interactions-of-us-politicians-with-this-twitter-network-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=786","title":{"rendered":"Explore the interactions of US politicians with this Twitter network tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mozilla and the SMAT (Social Media Analysis Toolkit) team have produced a free interactive network map showing the Twitter connections of US politicians.<\/p>\n

The live graph depicts who the likes of President Trump and Joe Biden are interacting with in the build-up to the 2020 presidential election. It\u2019s designed to expose the networks of influence that can adversely affect elections and offer insights into communities, sectarianism, and suspicious influences.<\/p>\n

The tool\u2019s creators selected the seed politicians from Twitter lists compiled by C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network). They then added the accounts to the graph as circular nodes.<\/p>\n

You can click on an individual node or search for a Twitter account to explore that user\u2019s connections. Their interactions are divided between outbound activity showing the accounts they\u2019ve mentioned and replied to, and inbound activity displaying the users who have replied to and mentioned them.<\/p>\n

[Read: 4 ridiculously easy ways you can be more eco-friendly<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

You can also share any interesting findings with each user and their connections via a direct link.<\/p>\n

Credit: Mozilla<\/figcaption>
<\/i><\/a>Biden most frequently interacts with his political allies and opponents, while Trump prefers exchanges with the media.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The graph\u2019s developers gave an example<\/a> of what it can unearth:<\/p>\n

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By diving more deeply into the Inbound Activity tab we can see suspicious activity such as one of the top Biden hate repliers is this <\/span>account<\/a> <\/span>who replies to him thousands of times. There\u2019s also a small <\/span>account<\/a> <\/span>seemingly pretending to be a <\/span>deceased<\/a> <\/span>(Canadian) pro athlete also responding to Trump thousands of times with a repeated script.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can try the tool out for yourself at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Published October 29, 2020 \u2014 18:03 UTC <\/p>\n

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