MSc @exetercompsci.bsky.social Helen Paffard studied how political actors engaged UK football fan communities on Twitter after the Brexit vote, revealing strategies to mobilise and influence discussions. 🎥 youtu.be/yIB8AxdCqcU 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2512.10737

UG @exeter.ac.uk, Ipek Bal, analysed 315M tweets to show how bots shaped Brazil’s political discourse (2018–2022). Clear differences emerged between bot and human behaviour. 🎥 youtu.be/9BJg4Sa4aB4 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2512.10749

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New research on inequality in online communities! We show that as communities grow, participation becomes increasingly concentrated among fewer users w/ Guilherme Machado, @diogofpacheco.bsky.social and @baxterity.bsky.social. arxiv.org/abs/2503.02661 @exetercompsci.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social

The way a minority group behaves can influence the behaviour of the majority!