#IStandWithDan versus #DictatorDan: the polarised dynamics of Twitter discussions about Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions

@tiimmaahh @joel_cardwell @sallymcmanus @Crankie58 @RositaDaz48 @PoliBard @SandyXiaotong @LawyersCity @AussieVal10 blocked me after I congratulated her on making it into this article, along with @Polibard & Avi Yemeni https://t.co/S4c4zIAsUX

RT @MSMWatchdog2013: @joel_cardwell @sallymcmanus @Crankie58 @RositaDaz48 @PoliBard @SandyXiaotong @LawyersCity Blocking many of them helpe…

@joel_cardwell @sallymcmanus @Crankie58 @RositaDaz48 @PoliBard @SandyXiaotong @LawyersCity Blocking many of them helped me work out which smaller/new troll a/cs have been recruited by the same coordinators @AussieVal10 is a super troll who's had a series

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

25 Jun 2022

@Peter_Fitz This paper on the origins and patterns of the pro- and anti-Daniel Andrews hashtags is worth a read @Peter_Fitz https://t.co/VaMFwBmSte

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

#AviNext

What a load of Shit!! However congrats to @OzraeliAvi @PoliBard and @GalGlassy .. obviously the handle on the profile must be ambiguous #sackdanandrews

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

@Peter_Fitz @antmandan will know — he published on this, here: https://t.co/GHZLdPSSkR and here: https://t.co/28mhFHPw5J

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

#DanNext 😘

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

Its no secret. Avi, Polibard, and ValGlass all see Dan Andrews as an evil dictator. Which he is. The disinformation is that phoney @timothyjgraham. They tried to hush up the #arsonemergency so why not try to conspiratorialise criticisms of Dan Andrews? #au

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

Very interesting indeed!

#westandwithdan

RT @watson_stevo: It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as…

It is interesting to see the same #DictatorDan #DanNext hashtag Pr team come together again (Avi, Polibard, ValGlass) as they did at the last state election as analysed by @timothyjgraham in this paper: https://t.co/C266RUicEB #springst #auspol #vicpol @

@ChristyDanFan They certainly tweet more often than @PRGuy17 and probably have an army of bot followers. Someone like @timothyjgraham should do an analysis. If you read the paper https://t.co/C266RUicEB Polibard has been influential but escaped the scrutin

14 Jun 2022

@RadicaRaeves A large part of it is how the left were better able to rapidly mobilize Twitter communities on an ad hoc basis, to occupy the trending list, to form mass counterpublics within reply threads to opposition tweets. Some similarities to Vic lockd

22 May 2022

@seriouslyjo18 @drpete00 You’re telling me - if he had his way with the Dictator Dan campaign many many Victorians would be dead now https://t.co/Q13Bw3r1pg

10 Jan 2022

An oldie but a goodie, where Timothy (Tinfoil) Graham frames every pro Dan Andrews hashtag as gospel truth, and anti hashtags as a fake army of bots. #auspol #springst #IStandWithDan #DictatorDan #DanLiedPeopleDied #covid19vic https://t.co/iC7jhAazTw

27 Dec 2021

@BrentHodgson @ArticulateBat No, they didn’t, it was a tweet hashtag dive analysis. Would be really interesting to have wider analysis. Here is the link, anyhow: https://t.co/C76bAhrQOT

21 Nov 2021

#IStandWithDan versus #DictatorDan: the polarised dynamics of Twitter discussions about Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions - Timothy Graham, Axel Bruns, Daniel Angus, Edward Hurcombe, Sam Hames, 2021 https://t.co/gkcHFOp181

09 Nov 2021

More to the point, it comes from the far right playbook of 'build cynicism against the political system generally, to disenfranchise progressive voters'. Lots of good, peer-reviewed studies back this up (here's one: https://t.co/2oAB47FcGl).

13 Oct 2021

@gwarkowianka @manjusrii @AussieVal10 Val Glass blocked me after I pointed out she had made it into the research paper by Tim Graham. @AussieVal10 & the other usual anti Dan suspects get an honourable (not) mention. Well worth the long read. Link to

@manjusrii Here's a study on the topic authored by @timothyjgraham, Axel Bruns & Daniel Angus, Belinda. @AussieVal10 & the other usual suspects get an honourable (not) mention. Well worth the long read. Link to article: https://t.co/gMsMgPByQH h

@gwarkowianka @manjusrii @AussieVal10 Here's a study on the topic authored by @timothyjgraham, Axel Bruns & Daniel Angus, Belinda. @AussieVal10 & the other usual suspects get an honourable (not) mention. Well worth the long read. Link to article

RT @timothyjgraham: Perhaps an interesting case study in Australia is the Covid lockdown hashtag campaigns. In retrospect, much of the dyna…

RT @timothyjgraham: Perhaps an interesting case study in Australia is the Covid lockdown hashtag campaigns. In retrospect, much of the dyna…

RT @timothyjgraham: Perhaps an interesting case study in Australia is the Covid lockdown hashtag campaigns. In retrospect, much of the dyna…

RT @timothyjgraham: Perhaps an interesting case study in Australia is the Covid lockdown hashtag campaigns. In retrospect, much of the dyna…

Perhaps an interesting case study in Australia is the Covid lockdown hashtag campaigns. In retrospect, much of the dynamics of these campaigns - how they spread from fringe to mainstream - can be re-read in light of @noUpside’s concept of ampliganda https:

09 Oct 2021

@DifficultNerd https://t.co/Q13Bw3r1pg

05 Oct 2021

@Bryce_B Enjoy! https://t.co/Q13Bw3r1pg

05 Oct 2021

@DifficultNerd To clarify - I'm not arguing that the anti-Andrews activists are not organic, however there is some evidence to suggest elements of inauthentic activity, similar to what I've documented previously in this peer reviewed scientific research: h

04 Oct 2021

RT @PRGuy17: @DamTom79 "Bots" myth already busted, see the excellent study below. Before we discuss how the credibility of a low-rent tablo…

24 Sep 2021

@DamTom79 "Bots" myth already busted, see the excellent study below. Before we discuss how the credibility of a low-rent tabloid compares to community sentiment, would you like to try again? https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

24 Sep 2021

RT @PRGuy17: @scarenstone Here's the complete study. I encourage you to read it before spreading claims which you cannot support. https://t…

23 Sep 2021

@scarenstone Here's the complete study. I encourage you to read it before spreading claims which you cannot support. https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

23 Sep 2021

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

21 Sep 2021

RT @PRGuy17: @vlk__vlk Trashy opinion with no evidence, vs. an actual study: https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

RT @PRGuy17: @vlk__vlk Trashy opinion with no evidence, vs. an actual study: https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

RT @PRGuy17: @vlk__vlk Trashy opinion with no evidence, vs. an actual study: https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

@vlk__vlk Trashy opinion with no evidence, vs. an actual study: https://t.co/jFkivAkFwk

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: #CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

#CoolStoryJess Send it, trend it.

RT @PoliBard: Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

RT @PoliBard: Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

Bwahahaha, PRclown is getting shirty. Wrong kind of publicity, apparently.🤭

RT @MyView82876237: @votejoshout @JoshFrydenberg @TimSmithMP More on Smith's and other Right Whingers' lies and propaganda here - "sustain…

RT @MyView82876237: @votejoshout @JoshFrydenberg @TimSmithMP More on Smith's and other Right Whingers' lies and propaganda here - "sustain…

@votejoshout @JoshFrydenberg @TimSmithMP More on Smith's and other Right Whingers' lies and propaganda here - "sustained levels of increased activity – were primarily driven by the concerted efforts of these right-wing ‘clicktivists’ (Freelon et al., 2020

@Crystal56406138 @Periclles7 @JeffC42 @LesStonehouse @PoliBard That's actually the opposite of what the study found. The study found suspicious activity mainly on the #DictatorDan hashtag. But go ahead, tell outright lies. Here's the actual report: https:/

@MelsLeni @SandroDemaio And this - " the anti-Dan hashtags can be regarded as a form of right-wing ‘clicktivism’ " and "the right-wing activists strategically work with sympathetic media and politicians to spread their messages" https://t.co/J7Cnae2MgT

18 Sep 2021

RT @MyView82876237: @slsandpet 2/2 From link - "By contrast, the anti-Dan hashtags can be regarded as a form of right-wing ‘clicktivism’" "…

18 Sep 2021

RT @MyView82876237: @slsandpet 2/2 From link - "By contrast, the anti-Dan hashtags can be regarded as a form of right-wing ‘clicktivism’" "…

17 Sep 2021

@slsandpet 2/2 From link - "By contrast, the anti-Dan hashtags can be regarded as a form of right-wing ‘clicktivism’" "the right-wing activists strategically work with sympathetic media and politicians to spread their messages" https://t.co/J7Cnae2MgT

17 Sep 2021

Oh I.dont.know 🤗@JoshFrydenberg doesnt follow twitter Or FB for that matter. Neither does @AlboMP Im sick of asking them. https://t.co/yUtOsfEM6E

RT @delpjm: @timothyjgraham @RonniSalt Yes, I remember you reporting the results of your research. I think Leigh Sales was rather disappoin…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @delpjm: @timothyjgraham @RonniSalt Yes, I remember you reporting the results of your research. I think Leigh Sales was rather disappoin…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

@geeksrulz & in case other people missed it (& Leigh wasn’t only person to fixate on this) Research on the pro and anti Dan hashtags , read it yourself https://t.co/s7RWieMqR8

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…

RT @timothyjgraham: Just to be clear: to date there is little evidence that bots play any significant role in the #IStandWithDan hashtag pu…