We started taking a deeper look at this Gab dataset (please feel free to reply with suggestions for additional analysis). 28M Gab posts, courtesy of @jasonbaumgartne. Based on the IDs of the posts, this set is at missing <16% of the Gab posts in the time range.
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Media sources for 28 million Gab posts. Most are right-wing conspiracy-oriented sites, although Russia Today/RT also puts in a prominent appearance.
What topics are prominent in Gab posts? 28.9% of posts contain one or more of the terms show in this chart. Of particular interest: the ethnic/religious slur category has actually *increased* in prominence over time. #AltWankers.
As stated in the first part of this tweet of this thread, we are open to and interested in crowdsourced research questions about this particular dataset.
(at missing = at most missing)
