Brandy ZadroznyNew: A handful of influential but unreliable "breaking news" accounts, many promoted by Elon Musk, are dominating the flow of news on Twitter around the Israel-Hamas war and easily outpacing established mainstream news outlets. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/7-accounts-warp-israel-hamas-war-news-x-musk-rcna121465
Götz KlugeAlso if you're into it -- and I feel like folks here definitely are the audience -- you should read the work that the article is based on from @mikecaulfield who is just a great read. https://www.cip.uw.edu/2023/10/20/new-elites-twitter-x-most-influential-accounts-hamas-israel/
The ‘new elites’ of X: Identifying the most influential accounts engaged in Hamas/Israel discourse
With seven accounts racking up a cumulative 1.6 billion tweet views over three days of posts, our analysis points to a new crisis twitter that is faster, more disorienting, and potentially more sha…
Jessamyn@zadrozny @mikecaulfield Very much my thing, thank you.
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gdtrfb@zadrozny @mikecaulfield Thanks for the link.