Drew Dimmery

Prof. of Data Science for the Common Good @Hertie_DSLab // @nyuniversity Politics PhD // former @Meta Core Data Science, @ds_vienna // he/him

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

So exciting to _finally_ get to talk about the US 2020 FB and IG Election Project!

A few notes from my perspective as a methodological collaborator kind of on the border between the academic and the Meta teams. 🧵

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

The Hertie School Data Science Lab is hiring a postdoc. This is an appealing position with fairly low teaching/admin responsibilities and a lot of freedom to develop your research agenda.

Feel free to reach out if you want to know more!

https://t.co/ptuXzj2Vm4

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

Next a foray into refreshing and updating the workings of my website and a reflection on why this is Good: https://t.co/8CTelqP96m

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

I'm back to blogging on my own pixels. I should remember to actually share posts on the microblogs (I believe this is the main thing they're good for). First, a post laying out why I won't be blogging on Substack: https://t.co/kqAEDbPx6I

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

RCTs are good, but not (just) because they make the statistics easy. https://t.co/Rg4oZKp27Y

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

The US2020 Project was not independent (and that's good) https://t.co/VS3dUDl6iC

[Lenny Bronner @lennybronner]

How The Washington Post’s forecast will track 2024 election results

Like in previous cycles we'll be running our live election model to add context to results that are coming in. But we have a few updates this year!

https://t.co/HtNFKyaefw

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

Welcome #ICML2024 to Vienna! If you work on causality/CSS and want to chat, hit me up. I'm also happy to share recommendations based on a few years living here.

[Lenny Bronner @lennybronner]

Our polling average topline takeaway: Trump is leading in 5 of the 7 battleground states that are most likely to determine the outcome of the election, but PA, WI and MI are within a typically-sized polling error.
w/ @dianesaysword, @kt_prry & Luis Melgar

https://t.co/1kYl6W6io5

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

To assert democratic control over large online platforms we need rigorous impact assessments like the US2020 project. This is the only way we can make sure we respond to the real societal harms they may cause.

[Hertie School @thehertieschool]

Do Facebook, Instagram and co. lead to polarisation?

@DrewDim debunks this myth: deactivating accounts before the 2020 US election had little effect on political polarisation.

People who logged off were even less likely to believe misinformation.

🔗 https://t.co/PgwvHJjuC6

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

New article from the U.S. 2020 Facebook & Instagram Election Study in @PNASNews (academic team led by @HuntAllcott & Gentzkow): Deactivation of FB/IG for 6 weeks before the 2020 election reduced online participation but otherwise had mostly null effects https://t.co/bZUxVYn9S7

[Renard Sexton @renardsexton]

***Academic Job*** I'm hiring a post-doc (starting this fall) as part of building out a lab model re: conflict and development at Emory. Open broadly but Asia is bulk of agenda right now. ABDs & recent grads please submit apps by June 15th https://t.co/9X6oMjcv5K

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

Tired: constant marginal effects

Wired: maximum marginal effects at p=0.5

Inspired: add a parameter for where marginal effects are maximized

Are they not teaching the kids about scobit these days? Embarrassing

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

@arthur_spirling Miguel Hernán has a great paper on this point: https://t.co/UtkNsV4kRd

[Cornelia Woll @Cornelia_Woll]

📆 Curious about ⁦@thehertieschool⁩? Join us in Berlin for our Open Day this Friday!

🤝 Visit our campus to explore our programmes, talk to our students, and get a sneak peek into our courses.

Register here: https://t.co/jvlFu5upxI

[Lenny Bronner @lennybronner]

Super cool thread on racial depolarization (what I'd call it, rather than realignment) in US politics. A bit of additional context from diving into similar data:

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

@laurabronner quite the opposite for me

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

Great article about our research infrastructure (or lack thereof) for studying the internet https://t.co/1hvQMmj6Lc

[Simon Munzert @simonsaysnothin]

🚨 Job alert 🚨 Join us in forecasting the next federal election, and in finding out what forecasts do to voters and candidates! Plus, do a PhD at the Data Science Lab in Berlin. DM me for any questions.

[Drew Dimmery @DrewDim]

Really nice piece by @JustinSandefur worth reading. I particularly found the history of making the case very interesting:

https://t.co/XB2OF4NhT7