Thread by @marcowenjones

[Thread] Thanks to all the good faith response to this thread. I am just addressing some responses about what this thread is not, and never claimed to be.

1) It is not saying what Tunisians do and do not think, nor making a claim to what they want

#disinformation

https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1419693580625629187

2) It IS making claims about a specific hashtag designed to portray what happened as an uprising against the Muslim Brother

3) Specifically it is claiming that that hashtag is dominated by Saudi, UAE, Egypt accounts spreading state propaganda

4) It is arguing that that hashtag

on Twitter should not be mistaken for grassroots opinion - as that cannot be determined without a different offline methodology

5) Some have mentioned that Tunisians are on Facebook. This is a moot point as far as the thread is concerned, as I am not gauging public opinion, but

6) breaking down a particular hashtag and describing the influencers on that hashtag on Twitter

7) A Facebook study would be great, if someone wants to create the tools to make it possible.

8) this thread isn't just about Tunisians, it's about the broader context of

Arabic Twitter and who often dominates discussions occurring here - especially when it comes to diffusion of Gulf-based propaganda.

9) The sad reality is that Twitter knows no geographical boundaries, so whether Tunisians like it or not, narratives about the crisis/coup

are being shaped, spread and disseminated with little contradiction in many spaces