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Data Mining Reveals How Conspiracy Theories Emerge on Facebook

18 pointsby rajbalaabout 11 years ago

5 comments

bertilabout 11 years ago
Week-old article, good insight; very relevant in Italy were Beppe Grillo uses social media like a wild-fire -- and has failed to deliver change quite dramatically.<p>Shame that there isn’t more on the social class (age, gender, occupation, family situation, and position on the social graph) of that more sensitive population.<p>Reminds me of Duncan Watts metaphor: You don&#x27;t estimate the size of a forest fire by the size of the match…
dm2about 11 years ago
In my opinion everyone should always be skeptical but they should not blindly defend a claim without proper sources and sufficient evidence.<p>I&#x27;ve been called a conspiracy theorist before and it&#x27;s not a nice feeling since that phrase has such a negative connotation and is often associated with crazy people.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_conspiracy_theories</a><p>I&#x27;m surprised that there are not more listed for the CIA and other paramilitary organizations, they&#x27;ve done some crazy stuff over the past 60 years.
easy_riderabout 11 years ago
Wow didn&#x27;t know MIT was a pawn in the COINTELPRO.
exploriginabout 11 years ago
One of the axis is labelled &quot;PDF&quot; without an explanation for what that is. Did they just need a random graphic? Is this a Lisa Holst article?
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calebmabout 11 years ago
This report is probably put out by some secret organization. It&#x27;s part of the conspiracy!