1/ This is a post that some people aren’t going to want to hear, but it’s still true. Please RT.
For the 2016 election I received a ridiculously large amount of vitriol from “Bernie Bros.” I critiqued Sanders vigorously about it.
I still was tracking my mentions from Gamergate.
For the 2016 election I received a ridiculously large amount of vitriol from “Bernie Bros.” I critiqued Sanders vigorously about it.
I still was tracking my mentions from Gamergate.
2/ Later, Twitter released an open source directory of accounts they suspended for being Russian Sock puppets.
I crosschecked the two lists - Tweets with harassment from “Bernie Bros,” and Russian sock puppets.
There was a large overlap. Not all, but statistically significant.
I crosschecked the two lists - Tweets with harassment from “Bernie Bros,” and Russian sock puppets.
There was a large overlap. Not all, but statistically significant.
3/ Real talk: There are absolutely some Sanders supporters that are obnoxious. But, the conclusion I came to was that much of the “Bernie Bro” phenomenon was Russia exacerbating the situation to divide us.
I don’t like admitting I was wrong in 2016, but I was.
I don’t like admitting I was wrong in 2016, but I was.
4/ We are progressives. We don’t just make things up because we want them to believe they are true like Republicans do. And we admit it when we are wrong.
One of the most critical skills of engineering is verifying your base assumptions. I invite you to do this as well.
One of the most critical skills of engineering is verifying your base assumptions. I invite you to do this as well.
