Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
6 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The #TrumpWon hashtag originated in Russia. (Original Post) Mozzonozzo Sep 2016 OP
How 'bout that? The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #1
LOL SunSeeker Sep 2016 #2
That image may be fake teach1st Sep 2016 #3
All those self-selecting (and gamed) online polls... C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #4
from Russia or not from Russia, Democrats/Hillary supporters helped keep it on the trending list OKNancy Sep 2016 #5
Trump Lost Hillary Won Supporters erpowers Sep 2016 #6

teach1st

(5,935 posts)
3. That image may be fake
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:13 PM
Sep 2016

According to the Washington Post

That viral image showing #TrumpWon starting in Russia is probably fake

Notice for one thing that the map provided by @DustinGiebel doesn't look like the TrendsMap map. The map I posted above is from a premium account for the service; if there's another tool that overlays blue dots, I couldn't find it. What's more, the map in the tweet appears to be based on a Google Maps image, not one from TrendsMap. (Notice the city’s name in both Cyrillic and Latin letters.) If the trend started from a handful of trolls in St. Petersburg, it's odd that they would be geographically distributed across the city instead of all in one location. It's odd that the graph would show a slowly, evenly increasing number of tweets from that location. (The axes are obscured, making it hard to tell what's being measured.)

But TrendsMap does show the timeline of #TrumpWon tweets in St. Petersburg — and they began well after the hashtag took off in Washington, for example. There was a spike as interest in the topic peaked globally, which is what you'd expect in a local region from something that's trending globally. (The graphs in other cities, like London, peaked at the same time. London, though, saw more sustained traffic on the hashtag.)

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
4. All those self-selecting (and gamed) online polls...
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:13 PM
Sep 2016

Also record each voter's IP address.
I'm very curious if any of those sites will release
an analysis of who voted - especially where
they are from (and if they were masking their true origin).
It would be very easy to do... and would be enlightening.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
5. from Russia or not from Russia, Democrats/Hillary supporters helped keep it on the trending list
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:21 PM
Sep 2016

Many of the tweets were Dems using the hashtag to counter Trump people or ridicule.
That's fine, but it keeps it trending. I used #shewon, that way as to not help the Trumpers

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
6. Trump Lost Hillary Won Supporters
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 07:00 PM
Sep 2016

I wondered if the hashtag was trending due in part to people tweeting who thought Hillary Clinton won. Were there actually more people tweeting that Donald Trump won the debate?

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»The #TrumpWon hashtag ori...