Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-31 19:53:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 415710A9BEC5472D9368AD7A492F669F63209706359DA85EED47B2D2B60DFD9D
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Polls on X are poor indicators of public opinion. Rep. Massie may also not be considering that a significant number of respondents are neither his constituents, nor even US Citizens. In some cases respondents may even be bots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/16/twitter-polls-arent-real-life-part-two/ https://emi-rs.com/2022/12/05/the-people-have-spoken-why-relying-on-twitter-polls-is-just-bad-research/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/musk-s-frequent-twitter-polls-are-at-risk-of-bot-manipulation
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