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What People Really Think About COVID Drugs: A Twitter Tale

December 12, 2025

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people talked a lot about drugs on Twitter. Some of these drugs were approved by the FDA, while others were not. A study looked at over 600, 000 tweets to see what people thought about these drugs. The study found that Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin were talked abou

celebrities

Celebrity Popularity: Words or Connections?

November 13, 2025

What makes a celebrity famous on social media? Is it the words they use or the people they know? Researchers looked into this question by studying tweets from 471 Indian celebrities. They wanted to see what factors influence a celebrity's follower count. First, they examined the social connections

politics

How Social Circles Shape Political Views Online

June 27, 2025

In the digital age, figuring out where people stand on political issues is a big deal. It helps in understanding public opinion and spotting fake news or hate speech. A recent study dug into how well computer models can guess political leanings by looking at social media posts, specifically tweets f

health

Ivermectin: Twitter's Mixed Views on COVID-19 Treatment

March 28, 2025

The buzz around ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has been loud and clear on Twitter. A dive into 5051 tweets from January 2022 showed a split in opinions. Over half of the tweets, 53. 4%, were thumbs up for ivermectin. That's a lot of people thinking it could be a good idea. But not everyone was o

technology

Catching Online Fraudsters with Graph Networks!

December 29, 2024

Did you know that sneaky fraudsters and bots might have a tough time hiding online? Researchers have discovered a clever way to stay ahead of them, using what's called graph networks. They found that focusing on the details of network nodes was way more effective than using fancy graph embeddings. T