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5 Nov, 6 tweets, 6 min read
A look at what people are saying in a 'Deplorables for Trump' Facebook group.

Note the shit welovetrump "news" URL.

#ElectionResults2020
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#ElectionNight
A look at some of the Facebook groups that come up when searching for 'steal election'.
Some random snapshots from a Facebook group 'USA Vote Fraud Central'.

There seem to be hundreds of these types of groups.
A few posts from a Facebook group 'Stop the steal'.

#ElectionResults2020
Some posts from a ‘Stop the Steal’ pro-Trump Facebook group

#Election2020

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Zachary Elwood Profile picture
17 Oct
Some beliefs associated w/ US political parties make sense, while some might seem rather arbitrary and based on “opinion cascades” (see below).

Can u think of some group-associated politicized views that you could imagine either group having if things had gone a different way?
The paper on "opinion cascades" by Michael Macy of @CornellSoc advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/ea…
Author of that paper on a podcast
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17 Oct
Has anyone called @JamesOKeefeIII Slippin’ Jimmy O’Keefe yet?

Getting his start pretending to be a pimp and making deceptively edited videos going on to becoming a prominent GOP con artist seems like a dumber, less ethical Saul Goodman plot line.
For my new conservative friends, you might enjoy my podcast, where I talk about how we've gone too far, on the left & right, w/ political anger and polarization.

In this one, I talk to a Portland protester who defends violent protest (badly IMO): readingpokertells.video/blog/understan…
If you want to learn more about @JamesOKeefeIII's deceptions and opinions of his work by some smart people, including conservatives, recommend reading his Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_O%2…

If you aren't wikipedia fan, it has many links to other places where you can learn more.
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16 Oct
Thread about tips for more psychologically healthy use of Twitter (and other social media).
Turn off notifications. This is key for emotional well being. If important to get some messages, leave message in your bio to contact you another way if something is important.
When arguing/debating, do not feel the need to respond to everything people say. You can make your point and then leave the thread, or even mute the thread.

A lot of anxiety comes up around feeling the need to reply, but you just don't have to.
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30 Sep
To the narcissist’s mind, all criticism or questions are attacks. Trump telling Chris Wallace “I guess I’m debating you” is a good example. Anything less than complete obedience is an attack.

#Debates2020
Watching Trump debate a normal human being is like watching a kindergartner who’s somehow taken control of a classroom debate the teacher. It’s so fucking sad.

#Debate2020
Debate format is atrocious and shameful. Choosing this debate format with someone like Trump, you could predict it would be pure chaos. Why choose this format? Pure idiocy.

#Debates2020
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24 Sep
I saw 'Social Dilemma', about social media effects.

Keep expecting these shows to point out what is IMO root cause: this media radicalizes & divides us because it works on some of our social/psych weaknesses. Isn't about the algorithms (although obv those can accelerate).
Psych factor #1: We believe more strongly in things we write down (see Deutsch & Gerard study). Writing things down even secretly makes us commit more to those ideas.

But writing things down publicly is whole other level: we feel committed, we double down, we're defensive.
Psych factor #2: Being in group of like-minded people makes us more extreme (shown by several studies & intuitively obvious).

Social media creates bubbles. People in those bubbles tend to get more extreme through not being questioned, & through sharing of biased or false news.
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14 Sep
@BudrykZack FYI, just a note: you shouldn't refer to True Pundit as "a pro-Trump blog," you should refer to it as what it is: a "fake news site"; it was created by disgraced journalist who's been arrested by FBI. If you didn't know, you can read more here: buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…
True Pundit is one of the most influential domestic fake news creators we have. The very, very fake kind, who completely makes up stories. IMO his fake Clinton news was a major factor in Trump being elected.
If you'd like to learn more about the fake news he has created, you can check out this website I put together when I was trying to out him: whoistruepundit.com/#articles Image
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