Table 3 Posts, urls, domains and users statistics in the validated network of verified users. “Tw” represent pure tweets, while “rt” indicates retweets. The number of tweets sharing an url is much higher than the one of retweets and it is a known results for verified users, from which they appear to drive the online debate
From: Flow of online misinformation during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
type | #post | #url | #dist url | #domain | #user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tw | 46,277 | 37,095 | 32,605 | 1168 | 1115 |
rt | 17,190 | 9796 | 7504 | 1178 | 1385 |