Table 5.
Frequency of inauthentic text patterns in the ArsonEmergency tweets (includes retweeted text)
| Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % of All | Count | % of All | Count | % of All | Count | % of All | |
| Supporters | ||||||||
| All | 1573 | 121 | 5278 | 6972 | ||||
| Hashtags | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.3 |
| Hashtags + URL | 160 | 10.2 | 7 | 5.8 | 502 | 9.5 | 669 | 9.6 |
| Mentions + Hashtags | 60 | 3.8 | 3 | 2.5 | 277 | 5.2 | 340 | 4.9 |
| Mentions + Hashtags + URL | 12 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 59 | 1.1 | 73 | 1.0 |
| Opposers | ||||||||
| All | 33 | 327 | 3227 | 3587 | ||||
| Hashtags | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hashtags + URL | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.9 | 43 | 1.3 | 47 | 1.3 |
| Mentions + Hashtags | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mentions + Hashtags + URL | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Unaffiliated | ||||||||
| All | 1961 | 759 | 14,267 | 16,987 | ||||
| Hashtags | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.2 |
| Hashtags + URL | 181 | 9.2 | 14 | 1.8 | 434 | 3.0 | 629 | 3.7 |
| Mentions + Hashtags | 35 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.1 | 137 | 1.0 | 180 | 1.1 |
| Mentions + Hashtags + URL | 18 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 83 | 0.6 | 102 | 0.6 |