Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected]

@arc_gov_au DECRA Fellow ~ A/Prof at @QUTSchoolOfComm & @qutdmrc. Researching propaganda, misinformation, platforms, social bots. Views my own.

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Find me on:

Bluesky: https://t.co/y8IF0Luizi

Mastodon: https://t.co/1omX8bGJAR

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

I will be leaving this platform in due course, as @bluesky and @joinmastodon become the communication infrastructure of the 21st century.

https://t.co/nncP2DXVt0

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

Hundreds of millions of dollars are being made on well-timed oil bets occurring just before Trump posts. But can we call it insider trading? @timothyjgraham @QUT https://t.co/cRkfYTJID2

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@kazza264 Thanks Kazza!

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@RodolfoYoshii @alex_avoigt https://t.co/yNbRZUtvCS

[Moshik Temkin @moshik_temkin]

"It is regrettable but revealing that a perspective on U.S. foreign policy once confined to the margins of left-wing discourse is now more credible than the shopworn platitudes that senior U.S. officials rely on to defend their actions." - @stephenWalt

https://t.co/7zk82FCZLV

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Bound to happen

[Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0]

As Bluesky grows in popularity among real users, it likewise grows in popularity among those who operate fake accounts for myriad purposes. Here's an article about a network of fake Bluesky accounts with identical biographies.

cc: @ZellaQuixote
https://t.co/DDJGcl02NJ

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Well that’s an interesting result. Thanks to those that threw a vote in. Much to ponder.

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Curious to see what people think

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@lasnpatterson @ashkashlitwin @miggymaru @ChrisO_wiki Hi there. The study was designed to explore multiple reports in the media that Musk was changing the algorithms to (1) boost his own tweets and (2) boost Republican accounts. The evidence presented in this technical report adds some empirical weight to such claims.

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@tassiekaz @ChrisO_wiki Thanks Kaz, hope you’re going well

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@KezBear1234 @ChrisO_wiki Could you please elaborate what you mean by censorship and how this open source, fully reproducible research is it?

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@ChrisO_wiki All good. Thanks Chris!

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@HarryBloke @ChrisO_wiki @MarkAndrejevic @qutdmrc Many thanks Harry - appreciate it

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@NonwayneWayne Everyone is navigating the situation in their own way it seems. If one doesn’t pay for premium their posts are severely limited anyway

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Curious to see what people think

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@bjmoffitt @NonwayneWayne I didn’t even think of that but also a really good point - thanks Benjamin

[Michelle Boorstein @mboorstein]

The Washington Post obtained details about a $45 million plan run by Elon Musk's advisors to target Black, Jewish, Muslim voters and others with "misdirection" ads - often containing falsehoods about her positions https://t.co/uFwO1jPLOV

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@NonwayneWayne And there are myriad other reasons I could add to this, but the harm principle is the first order for me.

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@NonwayneWayne It’s a good question Wayne. Speaking for myself it is a crisis of whether to remain in an environment that is causing harm. I wouldn’t stay in a community group where antisemitism and racism is rife and people are sharing memes about marginalised groups, particularly when …

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

@NonwayneWayne … the owner profits from my activity and it feels like I am complicit in any harm due to my presence. On the contrary, there is an argument to be made that this is the price one pays for discourse.