Conclusion
>Initial research around accounts tweeting, retweeting and mentioning #VoterFraud and adjacent hashtags over the last 12 months demonstrated that co-spiking was occurring, amplifying the influence of this messaging. By expanding this dataset, we observed that this pattern of mentions of #VoterFraud has persisted for at least the last three years with the largest spike in mentions occurring around the 2016 election.
>Our analysis of dates when mentions of #VoterFraud spiked showed that there is a group of accounts consistently tweeting, retweeting and mentioning each other, which share similar aesthetics, bios and narrative frameworks. The fact that the majority of these accounts also exhibited a surge of activity during their lifespan, where they grew in following and influence at an exponential rate, further indicated possible coordination.
>Through this analysis, we were able to identify a group of accounts that demonstrated a co-spiking pattern, a surge pattern and in addition to having similar aesthetics, were all mentioning, tweeting, retweeting and following each other. Taken together these patterns indicate possible coordination. When combined with the data regarding clustering and the density of mentions among all accounts tweeting about Voter Fraud over the last three years, there’s an indication of a possible network of accounts dedicated to promoting division and conspiratorial narratives around Voter Fraud online.
<hmmm… so the American Electoral System worked you say?