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[Thread] 1/ This is a thread on @stormzy . I analysed Twitter traffic today after stormzy hit back at the media for misrepresenting his comments on racism in the UK. I analysed those mentioning @stormzy. This resulted in about 40,000+ interactions from 15000 accounts
@stormzy 2/ One of the most interesting things, is how the two most prominent figures in terms of interactions (retweets, mentions etc) are both @piersmorgan and @KTHopkins. Piers (blue line) and Katie (grey/lightbrown line) are clearly the most prominent figures. This is because Piers
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins 3/ tweeting out a response to @KTHopkins , who had just tweeted out that Stormy was a "Massive Bellend". Piers defended @stormzy, or perhaps simply objected to KT Hopkins's purile whataboutism. His tweet then got around 9 thousand retweets. In fact, it was the most popular RT in
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins 4/ in the sample. Indeed, the most popular tweets were either defending stormzy, see screenshot from @MunroeBergdorf , or providing more context on the interview by its author @antoguerrera . KT Hopkins did come in around fourth though...
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins @MunroeBergdorf @antoguerrera 5/ Her tweet saying she maintained that she still believed there existed 'feral humans', in which she mentioned @stormzy , was retweeted over 1000 times. Another tweet where she called Stormzy a bellend was retweeted 5 thousand times
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins @MunroeBergdorf @antoguerrera 6/ So takeaways, a lot of people obviously support @stormzy, but @KTHopkins seems to the most prolific and widely disseminated author of anti-@stormzy , race-baiting content. She was also the most influential on the "Owen Jones is a Wanker" campaign. Seeing a pattern?
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins @MunroeBergdorf @antoguerrera 7/ I analysed about 2,500 of the accounts (of the 5.1k total) who retweeted @KTHopkins tweets beginning "Dear Stormzy" (screenshotted) below. The most common biographical descriptions of those RT'ing KT are Brexit, Love, Trump and MAGA. Essentially pro-brexit, pro-Trump accounts
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins @MunroeBergdorf @antoguerrera 8/ Also, as you can see from the network graph below,
@KTHopkins is the most influential proponent of the "Stormzy is a Massive Bellend" hashtag - by far. Not 100% sure who started it, but the earliest tweet I found is by the "prodigal para" ( @prodigalparafan) account
@stormzy @piersmorgan @KTHopkins @MunroeBergdorf @antoguerrera @prodigalparafan 9/ The account retweeting the most content on the "stormzy is a massive bellend" hashtag is this account with a picture of Jesus and a cross. He/She/They has also been active on the DefundTheBBC hashtag. Like who even are you
10/10 anyway enough for tonight. There's only so much twitter bile one can endure in an evening, especially so close to Christmas. Peace and goodwill to all persons etc etc
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