It has been a turbulent year for me with moving and other responsibilities. Since my last anniversary post I have written 27 posts here compared to 41 posts the year before, a 52% decrease. The decrease in posts is reflected in a 19% decrease in traffic. This discrepancy in the traffic and the posts suggestsContinue reading “Eighth Anniversary Post, Time for a Change”
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Cambridge Analytica was Behind the Results I Found on Facebook and the 2016 Election
The Cambridge Analytica (CA) story may have fallen on the back burner because of the March for Our Lives (rightly) and Stormy Daniels (wrongly). Mother Jones magazine published a detailed chronology of how it became involved in the 2016 election. First they were partnered with Ted Cruz’s campaign. They claimed credit for hisContinue reading “Cambridge Analytica was Behind the Results I Found on Facebook and the 2016 Election”
On Facebook, Fake News, and the Election
There has been a flurry of stories regarding fake news on Facebook and what role it may have had on the election outcome. Some of these stories are summarized on my Facebook page. The above clip features Craig Silverman discussing a study he did looking at the engagement (likes, comments, and shares with theirContinue reading “On Facebook, Fake News, and the Election”
A Post Debate/Video “Trickle Down” Effect for Democrats in PA?
Correlation in the Gain in Facebook Followers and Poll Numbers for GOP Presidential Candidates in December Last week I summarized the change in Facebook followers pre and post Presidential Debate for a sample of the candidates in Pennsylvania. In the primaries I showed that there was a strong correlation between the change Facebook followings ofContinue reading “A Post Debate/Video “Trickle Down” Effect for Democrats in PA?”
Change in Facebook Followings for PA Candidates Before and After the Debate
Trump Followers on PA Facebook Page I had originally planned to do a post looking at Facebook pages for candidates for Pennsylvania but recent events in the campaign have forced me to update the numbers I collected on Friday before the nasty video and debate occurred. Above is a graph showing the number of newContinue reading “Change in Facebook Followings for PA Candidates Before and After the Debate”
Facebook and Twitter Primary: The Final Five
RCP % Avg Facebook Followers FB Engaged Engagement Rate FB Followers Dec FB Gain % chg FB Twitter Followers APR Twitter Dec Twitter gain % chg Twitter Hillary Clinton 46.8 3,163,408 681,093 21.5 2,160,862 1,002,546 46.4 5,940,469 5,049,765 890,704 17.6 Bernie Sanders 45.8 3,882,973 1,064,851 27.4 2,296,730 1,586,243 69.1 1,949,708 1,105,792 843,916Continue reading “Facebook and Twitter Primary: The Final Five”
The Facebook and Twitter Primary in Iowa
FB Followers FB Engaged FB Eng Rate Twitter Following RCP Avg IOWA Bernie Sanders 19135 22212 1.16 4272 45.3% Hillary Clinton 16661 5918 0.36 21742 45.5% Martin O’Malley 5.0% I received a lot of comments on my post on the Twitter and Facebook primaries and the national polls. One of them said I did notContinue reading “The Facebook and Twitter Primary in Iowa”
Twitter and Facebook Primary Democratic Update: Engagement Matters Most
FB Followers Dec Engaged Dec Engagement rate Dec Gain in FB Followers Twitter followers RCP Poll Avgerage Dec Hillary Clinton 2,160,862 450,105 0.208 951,683 5,049,765 53.3% Bernie Sanders 2,296,730 425,935 0.185 1,071,178 1,105,792 32% Martin O’Malley 104,179 2,516 0.024 27,226 119.145 3.5% With only three data points in the Democratic race for President, there isContinue reading “Twitter and Facebook Primary Democratic Update: Engagement Matters Most”
Twitter and Facebook Primary Update: The GOP Stretch Run
With the holiday season winding down the stretch run in Iowa and New Hampshire I thought I would take another look at how the candidates Facebook and Twitter followings associate with their Real Clear Politics (RCP) polling averages. There are 3 candidates left in the democrats and 12 left for the GOP. There were 13Continue reading “Twitter and Facebook Primary Update: The GOP Stretch Run”
Facebook Experiment Update and Global Data Competition
Post Type 11-Oct 18-Oct Friend/family 2 2 Friend/Political 2 0 friend/share 2 2 Post from group 1 3 Post from page 2 1 promoted post 1 2 I looked at the types of posts from the first 10 posts I saw in my news feed on Facebook. Though some of the counts are different fromContinue reading “Facebook Experiment Update and Global Data Competition”