Thread by @SlickRockWeb

Rosalie is more kind to this study than I will likely be (still reading it). But her assessment is spot on. The questions they asked & tools they used gave them an answer. Problem is its not definitive & doesn't advance our understanding of whether foreign influence #InfoOps work

https://twitter.com/NovelSci/status/1612540589203156992

For example I could argue, with lots of empirical data, that the attitudes of Republicans towards NATO and Putin / Russia HAVE absolutely shifted significantly towards the Kremlin's favor ..exactly as the Kremlin has wanted. Neither of these narratives were looked at in the study

Trying to determine effectiveness within the aggregate of the whole social mediasphere is of course going 2b extremely difficult. Like with some effective cyber attacks u flood the zone (white noise) so that the very small very significant target actions are nearly imperceptible

#Infowar concepts like perception hacking, narrative laundering & shifts in sentiment continue 2b almost impossible to empirically measure. Its why whether psyops work is still hotly debated & why its difficult 2 understand why one person can be adamant about their brand of beer

For example i don’t remember any IRA troll accounts getting into the nitty gritty of the ACA / Obamacare…. Anyone else remember or see this??