Random Twitter Guy vs the British Propaganda Corporation
Ratio analysis of their respective take downs of "Died Suddenly" shows just how far the tide has turned on Twitter (which is still marginally more erudite than the BPC)
Being a “facts guy”, Died Suddenly was never going to interest me. I got the impression into the release that it was going to be “sensational”. I don’t do sensational.
Nor does my friend, fellow (former in my case) “Random Twitter Guy”1. Josh Guetzkow. He did watch it though. And he gave his diligent review - the good, the bad, and the ugly2.
We both understand the need for this kind of sensational reporting though, even though it does skimp a bit on the facts. Mark Dyer articulated it to Dr Clare Craig:
What I find more interesting though, is the reaction to his tweet on the matter. Typically, the “ratio” of comments to likes is a key determinant of the quality of the tweet. Typically, those who comment detract versus those who like in favour. Given how much easier it is to like than comment, when a tweet gets more comments than likes, it is labelled “ratioed”.
However, you can gain much more valuable insight by reading the comments, not just counting them.
In the case of Josh’s tweet, the comments are as balanced as the tweet, some showing outright support for his sentiment, others calmly pointing out what they think he might have gotten wrong or overlooked.
Check it out yourself:
At the time of writing, Josh has gotten over 150,000 views, almost 1,000 likes and 200 replies. Strictly speaking that’s a ratio of 20%, not taking into account the tone and content of the comments.
We also take into account the ratio of likes to followers (the higher the better). In Josh’s case it’s roughly 15% which I can tell you off the top of my head is mightily impressive.
Conversely, when the British Broadcasting Propaganda Corporation (BPC) attempted a take down, the response was, well, rather less civilised.
You really do have to go look for yourself and check out the comments. I could not do it justice by highlighting one or two representative ones:
I can’t get the BPC’s stats to make a direct comparison of the ratio but you can see from the comments that there is virtually unanimous dissent of their view (which ostensibly was the same as Josh’s!!).
And, as for the ratio of likes (<600) to followers (c. 15 million), that’s 0.004% compared to Josh’s 15%. Nuff said!
If this is a sign of how far the tide has turned against the centralised state then this is a very good thing indeed. Notch one more up for the Random Twitter Guy! He is your friend, not the Agents of the State.
In my opinion, this is a clear indication that Twitterdom bestows more integrity and credibility on the random dude than the state broadcaster. I'm also going to go out on a limb and suggest that, in spite of the frequent vitriol spewed on Twitter, it’s more erudite than your average Beeb viewer. Worth considering!
Remember that like your life depends on it because in many cases, it is literally true.
Vive la révolution!
Thank you, Joel. I just used "sensationalist" to describe this as well and have similar concerns about this being used to discredit the larger truth movement. I have been sharing Josh's article and asked Steve Kirsch if he can reach out to the filmmakers about making corrections. I would love to see a truncated version with *just* the funeral industry interviews, embalmer footage, and Steve Kirsch's interview, and maybe a few select other bits but with all the problematic parts removed.
It is unfortunate because there is valuable content in there, but it's diluted by the other crap. Stew Peters has always struck me as a car-salesman-meets-television-evangelist, and I rarely share his videos because narrative believers will immediately dismiss his pieces as tabloid journalism (although he does have valuable interviews with the vaxx-injured and those harmed by hospital protocols, which I shared in this piece: https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-governor-ron-desantis).
The replies to the BBC tweet are rolling in thick and fast, it’s a unanimous push back on their nonsense. Good Stuff.