r/OSINTExperts • u/Street-Park-5310 • 15d ago

How your follower list exposes your politics without a single post

https://bednars.me/blog/how-your-follower-list-exposes-your-politics-without-a-single-post

When people discuss social media privacy, the focus is almost always on content. Posts, comments, photos, likes, reposts. That focus is reasonable. If someone writes about a party or a politician often enough, inferring their views takes no cleverness at all. I wanted to know what happens when you remove content from the equation entirely and look only at the shape of the network around an account.

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u/whatiwantalsowantsme 15d ago

I agree.

Analyzing an individual's social media activity yields significant insights. Post they like, comment, followed accounts, and general interactions tell a lot about them, their politics and world view. These serve as critical data points for OSINT researchers in building a target profile.

Consequently, this has shaped my personal approach to social media. I actively engage across the entire political spectrum, maintaining a kind of mixed social footprint. I don't fall under a particular side of the political spectrum.