Thread by @OSINTWa_com

How not to do social media ‘analysis’: a lesson in two stories - #GeorgeSoros and #Bollywood

All to the courtesy of Associate Professor Joyojeet Pal @joyopal of @UMich and his intern @SheyrilAgarwal

Thread:

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 1: #𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘀

Laced with data & gimmick, डाटा नंदन posted a thread on how Soros was vilified by Indian RW

But he DIDN’T challenge any facts at all. Not even that #Soros himself takes credit behind regime change

So what’s the point? Soros mustn’t be criticized!

2/11

And what’s that appealing data and analysis?

He presented a collage of people reacting to the story on Soros as evidence of a coordinated campaign- a data taken in a course of just TWO DAYS!

3/11

If anything happens in the world, it is discussed by all sorts of audience on social media. That's how social media works.

But per his analysis standards:

a. #HindenburgReport -Adani episode
b. #PentagonLeak news
c. Arjun Tendulkar’s #IPL debut

Contd.

4/11

And even #Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit to India for the launch of Apple stores (that created a global buzz on social media & was talked about with lakhs of tweets every hour).

were all coordinated campaigns?!

5/11

Soros should be given credit for one thing – making ruling Indian govt and opposition agree on a single topic!

But even he failed to influence these geniuses for whom it was all a RW propaganda targeting the poor man!

6/11

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 2 – 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱:

Per our two experts,

- If Bollywood movie fails, it’s because of social media boycott by RW.
- If Bollywood movie succeeds: Modi is losing war against Bollywood!

चित भी मेरी पट भी मेरी, अंटा 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴 का

7/11

Have these geniuses ever tried considering the possibility that, MAY BE, movies getting flopped/ hit largely depends on whether they are entertaining enough?!

Or perhaps, even all the film critics in all news media have become RW?!

8/11

But it isn’t the first time. The डाटा नंदन in past had published a report– again on ‘ostensibly RW’ – and lapped by ‘The Wire’ and ilk.

Earlier, University of Michigan distanced itself from the story (in question) claiming he was on ‘leave’ while conducting the study.

9/11

𝗜𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗸𝗲:

With so many accomplishments on social media analysis– डाटा नंदन recently hosted a ‘Social Media & Society in India’ (SMSI) conclave powered by School of Information @UMich on Apr 7-8, 2023.

10/11

The list of notable guests at the conclave was adorned by:

@AbhinandanSekhr (News Laundry co-founder) @RoflGandhi_ (A Troll Parody Account Sunil Sharma), @_sayema (Radio Jockey) @khanumarfa (The Wire journo), among others.

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