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I downloaded tweets from the last three hours containing either "Dominic Cummings" or "Stephen Kinnock". The graph shows that Dominic Cummings was mentioned far more than Kinnock. About 92% of the tweets contained "Dominic Cummings" only. So, DC should be trending #dominicgoings
(I am not implying a conspiracy. Just saying in terms of volume, and as has been suggested by common sense, DC should be trending. It is not, but Kinnock is. I for one believe it fits the porn filter theory).
While there are many things that define what trends, incl. quality of accounts that promote message, number of tweets, speed of tweets, there is little doubt given the scale of the story Dominic Cummings would have fulfilled these aspects
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BBC reporting on Cummings Scandal. I've numbered the paragraphs to show an implicit (or perhaps explicit) hierarchical bias that serves government line. 1) leads in with gov explanation 2) Embellishes Cummings justification 3) Cites non-damning police reprimand 4)cites opposition
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[Thread]1/ It was interesting to see Stephen Kinnock trending after the whole Dominic Cummings scandal emerged. The reason being was largely some unhelpful 'whataboutism' - i.e. people saying he should be sacked if Cummings has to go. > Analysis of around 11700 tweets.
2/ The graph shows around 11700 tweets of people mentioning either "Stephen Kinnock" or "stevenkinnock". I just want to briefly explain what it means. Pink community are those engaging in whataboutism. Green community are mostly those wondering why 'Kinnock is trending'.
3/ The blue community is mostly people discussing an unrelated Guardian article about Kinnock and China. An analysis of the pink community shows that their most common cohesive factor is being pro-Brexit. Around 17% of these 3555 pink accounts describe themselves as anti-EU or
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