Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-30 04:51:59 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C0C6B34E95CC200D6F77D27A3B72C90F739007F1DECCB1E36AED07CB24DFE27
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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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