Thread by @SaeedRizvan

#PTI supporters manipulated the platform and propagated the hashtag #امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور Imported government rejected) through inorg activity. A sample of 100,000 tweets shows original posters’ number was ~32,000. That might be the reason y the # didn’t appear on world panel.

I am collecting multiple datasets by using different platforms to cross check these initial findings.

Okay. I analyzed more data. Now I have a total sample of 7,36,000 tweets with the hashtag Imported-Hakomat-Namanzor till April 13. Since the # is going on, so more data coming in. Key findings: 1) 1,08,000 unique accounts sent all the tweets. 2) 13k were created since Apr 01.

3) ~30% of accounts contributed to the hashtags against general Bajwa.
My opinion: PTI support increased on Twitter. When PTI came into power & during peak time avg users tweeting for PTI were 30-35k (incld. all social media teams). This went down when a major team backed off.

In 2021, the numbers went down to 6-12k due to rifts or disinterestedness of certain sm teams in propagating diff hashtags. With No Confidence Move, all the support (30-35) came back. After April 9, the number of users has risen to >100k (in coming days, with repetitive samples

estimations may improve). The addition of ~75k accounts is a huge jump in the Pakistani context. So far, I have observed that on the demise of Dr. AQ Khan, > 150k users contributed to the relevant hashtags. In this context 75k is a huge number. However, comparing it

with Pakistan's total Twitter population (3.4 million accounts-obviously many suspended or multiple accounts owned by a single user) the number is not that significant.
One thing is obvious that on top of genuine contributors to the hashtag, meaningful inorganic activity is

going on. With tweets in millions (so far >8 million as claimed), the hashtag would have been on top of global trends. Why is this hashtag not coming to the global panel? I assume too many tweets from particular geographic locations or devices. If inorganic activity is stopped

& let the trend take its organic path, it will start appearing on global trends. Consistency & originality is the key. Earlier from Pakistan, Sindh rejects the bogus domicile trend and got into the global panel with a million tweets only.
Further Qs. 1) How many unique users

contributing to the # on each day. A pattern identification can help to gauge the volume & momentum of the movement in the digital space. 2) Howe many new accounts are being opened & what percentage of traffic is being generated by them? If too much traffic, it means

the new users are not "new" to Twitter but coming with diff accounts. 3) What percentage of accounts contribute to the hashtags against #COAS?
Nevertheless, #PTI has set another precedent in the digital world & Pakistani politics. @ZarrarKhuhro @ImranKhanPTI