CX Roque

professional doomscroller at SocialSignals.

this is not a democracy, it's a cheerocracy.

they/them siya/niya

[CX Roque @celinus]

The latest from SocialSignals: We explored controversial Bamban Mayor Alice Guo's TikTok fandom, including how a small percentage of fans "ship" her with Senator Risa Hontiveros + the shifts in support following revelations about her identity. Read here: https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw

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The Chinese government is recruiting Filipino social media influencers and troll farms to push polished narratives that favor Beijing with as many as 10,000 fake accounts found to be spreading pro-China narratives.

https://t.co/TBPa5Yespk

[CX Roque @celinus]

Some accounts also shifted the slant of their posts from positive to neutral or negative, expressing disappointment with the news. Others balanced their disappointment by referring to her work as Mayor of Bamban, saying she still had good intentions despite the controversies.

[CX Roque @celinus]

With Alice Guo now arrested in Indonesia, will her fans move further away?

After revisiting our findings on August 27, we’ve seen that 18.4% of the users have “left” the fandom. Check them out here: https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw

[CX Roque @celinus]

After public revelations of Alice Guo’s real identity in July 2024, some of the TikTok fan accounts dedicated to her moved on to other fandoms, “went back to normal”, or even deleted all their #AliceGuo content completely.

[CX Roque @celinus]

We also discuss the findings in this episode of @TekaTekaPod https://t.co/qaesNANWc5

[CX Roque @celinus]

Almost 90% of Alice Guo-related TikTok videos are posted by fan accounts. Are they all bots?

We looked into the TikTok content on Alice Guo and found that at least some of the fan activity is authentic.

[CX Roque @celinus]

Check out the breakdown of hashtag#AliceGuo content here: (Reading time: 8-10 minutes) https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw

[CX Roque @celinus]

In our report on #AliceGuo content, we found that 8% of positive TikTok videos about her are of fans “shipping” her with Senator Risa Hontiveros, with the pair being referred to as #guontiveros. Read our full report here: https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw (Reading time: 8-10 minutes)

[CX Roque @celinus]

@TekaTekaPod Full text of the findings here: https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw

[CX Roque @celinus]

Our team at SocialSignals unpacked what's going on with Alice Guo's prolific fandom on TikTok. @TekaTekaPod just came out with an episode where we walk through the findings 🌟 Listen here: https://t.co/DxKlBWuhpO

[Teka Teka @TekaTekaPod]

Have you heard of #Guontiveros?

While some of us follow the senate investigation, one set of the internet sees Alice Guo and Risa Hontiveros as their OTP. @BellaPerezRubio interviews CX Roque, lead analyst at Social Signals to learn more on Teka Teka: https://t.co/WHEYuIsvkI

[CX Roque @celinus]

Learn more about our findings, including the characteristics of the accounts posting pro-Alice Guo content and how they differ from her critics: https://t.co/QgdqKKXUDY

[CX Roque @celinus]

The latest from SocialSignals: We explored controversial Bamban Mayor Alice Guo's TikTok fandom, including how a small percentage of fans "ship" her with Senator Risa Hontiveros + the shifts in support following revelations about her identity. Read here: https://t.co/QgdqKKYstw

[CX Roque @celinus]

There were also a few accounts who shifted the slant of their posts from positive to neutral, sometimes even negative. The inflection point seemed to be around late June, the time the NBI documents were bared.

[Ash Presto 💜 @sosyolohija]

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