Your Twitter Connections Say More Than You Think [Study]
Think you’re good at hiding your political affiliations? Think again. New research suggests that your political ideology is given away by the connections you have on Twitter.
Even if you do everything you can to avoid mentioning politics on Twitter, one look at who you’re connected to will say all that you didn’t.
Researchers from Duke University looked at several US politicians’ Twitter networks, in an attempt to rank the 2010 primary candidates by ideology. They looked at both who the politician was following, and who was following the politician to determine their politicial orientation.
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