Using data from Social Blade, a service that provides analytics for a range of social media platforms, we pulled 30 days of historical information on the number of followers for each account and calculated the day-to-day change as an absolute value and a percentage change. We then calculated average values for the percentage change across both ideological groups.
Out of the 50 conservative accounts in our dataset, 48 made unusually large follower gains on April 25th and 26th, while only two accounts lost followers. On April 26th, the conservative accounts in our dataset gained 17,229 followers on average. The single largest gain went to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who gained 141,556 followers.
All 50 of the liberal accounts in our dataset lost followers across the same two days. On average, each account lost 6,062 followers on April 26th, with the single largest loss from the account of Vice President Kamala Harris, whose follower count decreased by 22,453. Based on our limited sample, the change seemed to be a net gain for Twitter in terms of users. Follower increases for conservative accounts outweighed losses from liberal accounts by 3:1, with a net increase of 638,000 followers when losses between April 25th and April 26th are subtracted from gains.
that fluctuations over the same period were “a result of an increase in new account creation and deactivation.” If true, it would represent a shift of hundreds of thousands of users over a single day, a surprising explanation for news of this kind.
Wow 0.012% 😂
so this a super-misleading graph.
more conservative more stupidity to see
2.9 Million followers. 24 hours in, 83 comments, 351 likes. Let me explain something to you. All of your follows were purchased or are bots. None of your appeal is real. Conservative pages are going to see a genuine boost in activity. Don't hate. Self Delete.
Why does political info have to be expressed in terms of the USA 2-party system?
Looks like one party got the viagra pill
Because Twitter turned off whatever shenanigans they've been doing to suppress conservative voices.
The Verge is almost as bad as CNN now
I mean... He needs conservatives to buy Tesla cars and home batteries too...
Why is this presented as if it’s some huge mystery or outrage? A lot of conservatives opened accounts and/or returned to Twitter and they all started following the same conservative influencers.
Twitter is a very honest company, this is quite a weird coincidence
Oh no, someone has a different worldview than me 😱
All Russian bots.
Really ? Shouldn't a tech outlet be aware that Elon does not currently own Twitter in any way, shape or form and has no authority or ability to change anything about the platform from a technical or policy perspective?
Simply, how do you actually know these numbers? None of us wear 'Conservative' or 'Liberal' or any other political persuasion on our collars! Admit it, you're making this stuff up. Pulling numbers out of your ear!
they probably started producing bots en'mass, figuring that Musk won't ban them
I’ve been blocking the Elon musk cultists. They’ve become virulently toxic over the last week. I can get along with political types just fine but the musk fanboys I’ve met like 4 that were cool.
this is hella good news
I know people working at punching the air right now
The Verge, still being terrible...
Twitter paper shredders working overtime huh?
Boost? You mean un shadow banned
Bias
Oooh I like data. Can you link to the data source you used for this?
How did ProjectLincoln end up on your top conservatives accounts list!?
Y axis, look at it mofos
How the hell is this 'demographic' being filtered? It's as arbitrary as showing a graph of users based on what brand toilet paper they prefer.
Just like when jack was in charge; the rules no longer apply to conservatives. Rules are used to silence just the left once again.
elon, where's my boost?
The 'Filters' have been removed! I personally have notifications! I am no longer 100% shadowbanned!
this data will chaff some liberals ass.
Oh no! Different opinions! Save me, Daddy Government Monopoly…
Who cares! Report on something useful. This political bull shit on EVERYTHING needs to stop.
How do you even get this data?
If you believe this was a result of Twitter new activations and deactivations, you are gullible or just plain stupid.
Musk hasn’t bought Twitter yet ffs, he’s made an offer and the board have recommended shareholders accept. There’s still months until the deal closes.
Must be a coincidence...
This graph also doesn’t show the numbers of leftists that quit.
“Anything not progressive left is BAD!” - The Verge, A once tech publication.
It’s almost as if they had been suppressing speech.
That's because they stayed off the platform that was shadow banning and banning them, and now they are coming back. Other conservative accounts report that people can now actually see their posts. Blocking employees from making product changes was the right move.
The Verge's leftist hustling must stop. You are a tech channel. Signed, E. Musk.
Your scale is very manipulative. Treating Americans are all dumb fuck?
Would be great if Verge got back to covering actual tech news, which is why we folllowed you in the first place. Embarassing to write an article about a .01% change just to further controversy.
twitter is also not banning obvious racist and pro russian accounts
Turning Twitter into a haven for Q and MAGA will drive all the Liberals out and create a new startup opportunity for a16z. Elon's Twitter will be a glorified 4chan.
Where is this data coming from?
if it continues for about 10 years we should be even
How does twitter know which account is conservative and 'liberal' (progressive) ? open the code
Really now ? Where can I click on the login if I am liberal or conservative?
What is the current definition of Conservative, as per Verge?
Why to you guys keep showing up in my TL I don’t follow you it says tech news bit this does not look like tech news to me.
Pending acquisition
Based on your stats.. an increase of 0.01% and a decrease of 0.002% for liberal accounts .. you guys are joking right?
We really showing a chart for .00012 change? 🤣
You might not realise it, but a majority of people come to your website to read news related to tech. Give us just that and keep your employees political opinions out of it. My advice is to hire management who are centrists, to keep the RGB color haired employees in check.
Hopefully they get banned again *transparently* once they start posting all their misogynistic, racist posts
This is what happens when real people aren't hindered anymore and liberal bots are deleted.
Also many ppl noted their accounts were unbanned suddenly
I hope he was serious about getting rid of the bots, but I doubt it.
Bots 🤖 these days…
Why can’t you just review laptops
Free speech for the win
For MTG that mean increase would mean 85 more followers.
Conservatives buy sneakers too