Internet clown Jacob Wohl said the quiet part out loud today in a widely discussed USA Today story. Twitter promptly banned Wohl for violating its terms of service. But most observers conclude too little, too late. At the same time, Greenwald continues his campaign of false equivalency, this time against…

Advanced Persistent Threat A Politico story today is reporting ‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates. A wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates is already underway on social media, with signs that foreign state actors are driving at least some of the activity. The main targets appear…

Harris-Warren-Sanders Kamala Harris (violet), Bernie Sanders (peach) and Elizabeth Warren (blue) are the candidates that Twitter continues to talk about. As the overall volume of Harris' tweets continues to rise, Bernie is passing benchmarks set by Harris just a few weeks ago. The race is on. And people are talking…

Harris Surges with Announcement This week Kamala Harris kicked off her 2020 campaign in earnest. Much like Elizabeth Warren (pink) when she announced her exploratory committee, Kamala Harris (blue silver) had consistently high mention counts following her announcement. Their media and campaign events produced sustained online conversation. Interestingly, the surges…

Total Mention Counts At the end of our week long series on twitter mention tracking for the 2020 primary, Kamala Harris continues to be the most tweeted about potential Democratic candidate. We can break the field up into four tiers based on this week's mention counts. We'll discuss the candidates…

The Race to Mid-January As I mentioned yesterday, the leaders as of last week were Kamala Harris (light green), Elizabeth Warren (violet) and Julian Castro (light cyan). Each benefit from a media-driven surge last week. Today we will pause to take a look at their audiences before the race gets…

Declared Candidates Enjoy Bumps Since candidates have begun to launch their campaigns in earnest, media and campaign events "in the real world" have translated into surges in mention counts on Twitter. You can see this effect in the last month of daily mention counts. Elizabeth Warren (violet) surged after announcing…