Sunday nights ought to be quiet, but a storm raged across Desi Politics Twitter. Prompted by this @IndiaToday poll.
Voting patterns suggest that there was a concerted attack for a period btwn 10PM-1:30AM IST by people voting for Modi, prompting #BotsJanataParty to trend...
Voting patterns suggest that there was a concerted attack for a period btwn 10PM-1:30AM IST by people voting for Modi, prompting #BotsJanataParty to trend...
.@IndiaToday had already been mocked mercilessly for a sycophantic poll about the BJP Govt's handling of #COVID19. True to @rahulkanwal's craven form on TV, the poll provided no option to vote the handling as terrible, which it has been in reality, or even just bad...
Back to the "best next PM" poll... at 10PM IST, 77,306 votes had been cast, split evenly between Rahul Gandhi and Modi.
Three & a half hours later, nearly 3,85,000 votes were in, and Modi was at 78%...
Three & a half hours later, nearly 3,85,000 votes were in, and Modi was at 78%...
There was one 13700 click burst for Modi at ~10:06PM. Subsequently, from ~11:19PM, the Modi option received 14K-24K new clicks every 9-10 minutes. Indians didn't vote all day, but suddenly between 11:20PM-1:30AM, logged in in batches of 19K every 10 minutes & plugged Modi...
Screenshots available for each data point. @TwitterSupport: do you investigate possible manipulation of perception around real world political issues using fake @Twitter polls?
Meanwhile, @IYC trended #RozgarDo. Unsure if that forced Saffronati to hire thousands of clickers.
Meanwhile, @IYC trended #RozgarDo. Unsure if that forced Saffronati to hire thousands of clickers.
Speaking of manufactured consent, @Pawankhera had pointed out yesterday how @aajtak and @IndiaToday tailor their @Twitter polls to shape perceptions...
The BJP-Mainstream Media lovefest continues as this thread illustrates, and the #UnfollowGodiMedia campaign is beginning to make a compelling case for unsubscribing from all these "mainstream" TV news channels.
PS: @IndiaToday had another poll abt which party has our vote. Should hv generated same 6 lakh vote as the one discussed above; "our guy" can't be PM if his party doesn't win. Mysteriously 36K people voted here; BJP didn't "invest" on this poll.
Why this anomalous behaviour?...
Why this anomalous behaviour?...
BJP is terrified of RaGa. Not INC. They'll stoop to anything to belittle him. They think they'll handle INC minus him easily.
BJP doesn't bother protecting its brand. They know they'll anyway be exposed as RSS puppets w/out Modi brand blinding people.
INC strategists take note.
BJP doesn't bother protecting its brand. They know they'll anyway be exposed as RSS puppets w/out Modi brand blinding people.
INC strategists take note.
