Detecting and Tracking the Spread of Astroturf Memes in Microblog Streams · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3768/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTDetecting and Tracking the Spread of Astroturf Memes in Microblog Streams — mentioned by mindcrimehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10298353urn:hackerpapers:mention:1011.3768:10298353Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:18:58 GMT<p>Looks like there has at least been some academic research on detecting astro-turfing on social media, although not sure if anybody has looked for the JTRIG stuff specifically. http://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM11/paper/view/2... https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3768 http://ra.ethz.ch/CDstore/www2011/companion/p249.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3768/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SIDetecting and Tracking the Spread of Astroturf Memes in Microblog Streams — mentioned by farnsworthhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3268921urn:hackerpapers:mention:1011.3768:3268921Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:40:21 GMT<p>Well.. maybe you don&#x27;t get those results in China. But seriously, you&#x27;re right, even a similar one posted to arxiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3768</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3768/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SI