# Sources

The data found via Open Measures, whether through the [API](https://openmeasures.io/advanced-api-use/) or Research Dashboard, is straight from the source. That means we share anything that is publicly available. Use this guide to map the fields found in each source.

## Data Fields

### Key Fields

Each source is described in detail in the following section. This section is a quick-start guide covering key fields, like a user's username or a post's content.

* **Platform:** Plain text name of the source
* **API Site Parameter:** Name used when making an API request
* **Username Field**: Handle (especially user slug) for the account that is posting a message, though not necessarily the author of the post (i.e. a forwarded message will show the username of the forwarder and not the original author).
* **Content Field**: Body of a post or message

<table><thead><tr><th width="154">Platform</th><th width="183">API Site Parameter</th><th width="211">Username Field</th><th>Content Field</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://docs.openmeasures.io/docs/guides/datasets#id-4chan">4chan</a></td><td><code>4chan</code></td><td><code>name</code></td><td><code>htmlparsedcom</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://docs.openmeasures.io/docs/guides/datasets#id-8kun">8kun</a></td><td><code>8kun</code></td><td><code>name</code></td><td><code>htmlparsedcom</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#bluesky">Bluesky</a></td><td><code>bluesky</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>text</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#bitchute">BitChute comments</a></td><td><code>bitchute_comment</code></td><td><code>fullname</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#bitchute">BitChute videos</a></td><td><code>bitchute_video</code></td><td><code>channel_slug</code></td><td>N/A but look at <code>meta.description</code> or <code>meta.title</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#fediverse">Fediverse</a></td><td><code>fediverse</code></td><td><code>account.acct</code></td><td><code>content_cleaned</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#gab">Gab</a></td><td><code>gab</code></td><td><code>account.acct</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#gettr">Gettr</a></td><td><code>gettr</code></td><td><code>uinf.username</code></td><td><code>txt</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#lbry-odysee">LBRY comments</a></td><td><code>lbry_comment</code></td><td><code>channel_name</code></td><td><code>comment</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#lbry-odysee">LBRY videos</a></td><td><code>lbry_video</code></td><td><code>signing_channel.value.title</code></td><td>N/A but look at <code>value.title</code> and <code>value.description</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#mewe">MeWe</a></td><td><code>mewe</code></td><td><code>username</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#minds">Minds</a></td><td><code>minds</code></td><td><code>user.username</code> or <code>user.name</code></td><td><code>body</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#ok">OK</a></td><td><code>ok</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#parler">Parler</a></td><td><code>parler</code></td><td><code>username</code></td><td><code>body</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#poal">Poal</a></td><td><code>poal</code></td><td><code>user</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#rumble">Rumble comments</a></td><td><code>rumble_comment</code></td><td><code>username</code></td><td><code>text</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#rumble">Rumble videos</a></td><td><code>rumble_video</code></td><td><code>channel_id</code></td><td>N/A but look at <code>full_description</code> and <code>metadata.name</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#rutube">RuTube comments</a></td><td><code>rutube_comment</code></td><td><code>user.name</code></td><td>text</td></tr><tr><td><a href="#rutube">RuTube videos</a></td><td><code>rutube_video</code></td><td><code>feed_name</code></td><td>N/A but look at <code>value.title</code> and <code>value.description</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#scored">Scored</a></td><td><code>win</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#telegram">Telegram</a></td><td><code>telegram</code></td><td><code>userinfo.username</code></td><td><code>message</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#tiktok">TikTok videos</a></td><td><code>tiktok_video</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>desc</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#tiktok">TikTok comments</a></td><td><code>tiktok_comment</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>text</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#truth-social">Truth Social</a></td><td><code>truth_social</code></td><td><code>account.acct</code> or <code>account.username</code></td><td><code>content_cleaned</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#vk">VK</a></td><td><code>vk</code></td><td><code>author</code></td><td><code>text</code></td></tr><tr><td><a href="#wimkin">Wimkin</a></td><td><code>wimkin</code></td><td><code>author_username</code></td><td><code>content</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Elasticsearch Fields

{% hint style="info" %}
To get to the actual data, you need to navigate into `hits.hits` and then each result will be under a number in the nested structure.
{% endhint %}

When we add a post to our database we generate a number of fields that can be found at the level above the actual data responses. If we are looking in response "0", the meta-fields continue until "\_source" which is the beginning of the actual data. These are generated by Elasticsearch and are not part of the data from the site. Learn more about these fields in [Elasticsearch's guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-fields.html).

![Red line highlighting some meta-fields in Open Measures data](https://2719239222-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MTD0LSLu_-KbVXRR1DA%2Fuploads%2FyIA04jivqoktQmtiJBAk%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=fb14d44b-ea63-4e23-b794-4ae23fdb2b11)

## Data Sources

### 4chan

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
4chan is an imageboard website where users can anonymously post. Users primarily participate in threaded discussions in response to an original post containing an image. Threads are categorized into “boards”, which are a many-to-one relationship between a thread and a forum room. One of the most popular boards is “/pol/” or “politically incorrect” which rebranded from the "/new/" board and is where many internet attacks and threats of offline violence have been found. Content and users across the site suggest a free-speech maximalist ideology.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts and replies on 4chan.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `4chan`

* Username (mostly anonymous) : `name`
* Post content : `htmlparsedcom`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//boards\[.]4chan\[.]org/`board`/thread/`resto`#p`no`
* Self-selected country code : `country`
* Subforum : `board`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzxba/indiana-mall-gunman-4chan>" %}

{% embed url="<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nana.12780>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### 8kun

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
8kun, previously called 8chan, is an imageboard site where anonymous users respond in a threaded format to an original post. 8kun was created in 2013 as a free speech alternative to 4chan after 4chan began banning topics. Like 4chan, 8kun threads are categorized into various “boards”. Activity on the site has been linked to several mass shootings and violent extremist events, including three in 2019 (Christchurch, New Zealand, Poway, CA, and El Paso, TX). The site has also been known as the home of Q, the user behind the notorious QAnon conspiracies. 8kun's founder no longer controls the site and has since advocated for it to be shut down due to the offline violence attributed to its usage.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts and replies on 8kun.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `8kun`

* Username : `name`
* Post content : `htmlparsedcom`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//8kun\[.]top/`board`/res/`resto`.html#`no`
* Subforum : `board`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8chan>" %}

{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon>" %}

{% embed url="<https://gizmodo.com/8chan-is-back-and-calling-itself-8kun-now-1839592841>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanons-home-8kun-is-implodingand-q-has-gone-silent?ref=scroll>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/01/07/exposed-email-logs-show-8kun-owner-in-contact-with-qanon-influencers-and-enthusiasts/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/15/8kun-8chan-capitol-breach-violence-isp>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### BitChute

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
BitChute is a British video sharing site founded in 2017 and is generally seen as an alternative to YouTube. BitChute has said it promotes freedom of expression, decentralized distribution, empowering creators, and are against censorship, mob rule, and platform bias. Many prominent BitChute accounts have migrated to the platform after being banned or demonetized from other social networks.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all comments and video metadata on BitChute.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `bitchute_video`

* Channel name : `channel_slug`
* Original post : `meta.url`
* Video title : `title`
* Video description : `meta.description`

Platform endpoint : `bitchute_comment`

* Username : `creator`
* Username full : `fullname`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//[www.bitchute\[.\]com/video/](https://docs.openmeasures.io/docs/guides/http:/www.bitchute\[.]com/video)`video_id`
* Post content : `content`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitChute>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/bitchute-white-terror-anti-vax-content/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Bluesky

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Bluesky is an American text-based, open network created by a group of former Twitter employees. Also known as "Bluesky Social", it is a microblogging social network that uses the "AT Protocol". It officially branched out from Twitter in 2021 and maintains a similar user experience. Moderation, however, works in a unique way in comparison to many legacy platforms. Called 'Composable Moderation', Bluesky's moderation begins with a 'basic default' level of moderation followed by additional layers that are up to individual users to determine.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all user profiles and posts on Bluesky.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint: `bluesky`

* Username : `author`
* Post content : `text`
* Original post : `uri`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/bluesky-racial-slurs-banned-list-usernames/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/bluesky-twitter-allen-shooting-hate-speech-18082190.php>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/fediverse-crawling-expand-decentralized/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Fediverse

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
The Fediverse is comprised of a network of decentralized platforms that gives users more control and autonomy. These networks are often backed by servers running open-source code and maintained by pseudonymous administrators. The open-source libraries running on these servers, like Threads, Mastodon, or Lemmy, implement a shared communications protocols that allow the servers to "federate" and share information with one another. One of these protocols is called "ActivityPub", which operates as a server-to-server federation communication network.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures collects from a subset of instances or sites that our users have identified as worth investigating. From there, we collect posts and user profiles and attribute them to the Fediverse site where the content was posted. Collected data come from many sites including Threads, Mastodon, Lemmy, among others.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint: `fediverse`

* Username : `account.username`
* Post content : `content`
* Original post : `url`
* Instance or server : `site`&#x20;
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fediverse-explainer-1.6905837>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/fediverse-crawling-expand-decentralized/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Gab

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Gab is an American social media platform that was launched in 2016 as an uncensored alternative to mainstream social media platforms.

Gab has been a subject of controversy due to concerns about the presence of extremist and controversial content on the platform. Notably, the gunman responsible for killing 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 had previously posted antisemitic content on the platform.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts and comments on Gab.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint: `gab`

* Username : `account.acct`
* Post content : `content`
* Did account donate? : `is_donor`
* Did account invest? : `is_investor`
* Is account pro? : `is_pro`
* Original post : `url`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/gab-funding-alt-right-donors/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.wired.com/story/gab-hack-data-breach-ddosecrets/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-mastriano-gab-andrew-torba_n_62d08787e4b02d3ecf3184b9>" %}

{% embed url="<https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/sio-new-gab-report>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Gettr

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Gettr is an American social media platform that was launched in July 2021. Gettr positions itself as a platform for free speech and an alternative to mainstream social media. It has found some traction among Brazil's far right with Jair Bolsonaro owning an account. There have been reported connections tying the self-exiled businessman Guo Wengui to the platform as its source of funding.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments, and use profiles on Gettr.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `gettr`

* Username : `uinf.username`
* Post content : `txt`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//gettr\[.]com/post/`id`
* Self chosen location free text box : `uinf.location`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettr>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/guo-wengui-crypto-gettr/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/topologies-and-tribulations-gettr>" %}

{% embed url="<https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/06/gettr-trump-social-network-hack-defaced/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### LBRY/Odysee

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
LBRY is a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer file-sharing and payment network. It was founded in 2015 and served as the foundation for decentralized platforms like social networks and video sharing platforms. One of its founders described it as the most censorship-resistant system to ever exist. It was shut down in 2023 following a lawsuit brought by the SEC for selling unregistered securities.

Odysee, a subsidiary of LBRY, is a fringe decentralized alternative to YouTube and has emerged as the LBRY successor. White supremacists and other extremists have found a home at Odysee due to its stance on moderation.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all videos, users, and comments on LBRY.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `lbry_video`

* Username : `name` or `normalized_name`
* Channel username : `signingchannel.name` or `signingchannel.normalized_name`
* Video title : `title`
* Video description : `value.description`
* Post URL : `permanenturl` or `short_url`

**P**latform endpoint : `lbry_comment`

* Username : `channel_name`
* Post content : `comment`
* Video comment is responding to : `video_canonical_url`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBRY>" %}

{% embed url="<https://gnet-research.org/2021/02/17/odysee-the-new-youtube-for-the-far-right/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/11/17/extremists-are-cashing-youth-targeted-gaming-website>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### **MeWe**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
MeWe is an American social networking platform launched in 2011, originally under the name Sgrouples. It is billed as the anti-Facebook as it does not moderate content on its platform. MeWe gained a lot of popularity and many new users in early 2021 when Donald Trump and many of his supporters were banned or removed from platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments, and user profiles on MeWe.&#x20;
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `mewe`

* Username : `username`
* Post content : `content`
* Original post : `url`
* External URLs : `external_urls`
* Hashtags : `hashtags`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeWe>" %}

{% embed url="<https://onezero.medium.com/mewe-sold-itself-on-privacy-then-the-radical-right-arrived-e527b38e4718>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Minds

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Minds is an American peer-to-peer blockchain-based social network. It was launched in 2015 as a free speech, minimally moderated alternative to Facebook where users can earn crypto rewards for platform engagement. Its founders say they allow extremist content as part of an effort to deradicalize users through discourse. Like other alt-tech platforms, Minds has seen large influxes of users when they are banned on other platforms.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments, and user profiles on Minds.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `minds`

* Username : `user.username`
* Username full : `user.name`
* Post content : `body`
* Access id : `access_id`
* Cryptocurrency information : `wire_threshold`
  * Support tier : `support_tier`
    * `has_tokens`
    * `has_usd`
    * `description`
    * `name`
* Is content monetized : `monetized`
* P2P Boosted :  `p2p_boosted`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minds_(social_network)>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-minds-the-social-networking-site-weve-been-waiting-for/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.wired.com/story/minds-anti-facebook/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### **OK**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Odnoklassniki (OK), or "Classmates" in Russian, is a social media network founded in 2006. For the first few years of its existence, OK was the most popular website in Russia. In 2010, OK merged with VK and monopolized the Russian social media landscape. Like many other sources, OK has little to no content moderation. A Texas man who killed 8 in a mass shooting in 2023 had previously posted neo-Nazi content to the platform.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures collection on OK began by aggregating \~5,000 OK group URLs that appeared across our existing collections and fed these into the crawler. The crawler then spiders across these groups by collecting posts, comments and group members. Lastly, the crawler will grab all posts and comments made by the users.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint: `ok`

* Username: `author`
* Post content: `content`
* Wall type: `author_type`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odnoklassniki>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/new-release-odnoklassniki-ok-datasets/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Parler

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Parler is an American microblogging social network. Temporarily shuttered in April 2023 following an acquisition, Parler has reemerged as a place for maximal free speech and little content moderation. Parler is known as one of the primary social networking sites used to coordinate the January 6th storming of the US Capitol.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments and user profiles on Parler.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}

Platform endpoint : `parler`

* Username : `username`
* Post content : `body`
* User type (see Stanford article above) : `badges`
* Post URL : `shareLink`
* Full name : `name`
* Trolling field : `trolling`
* Shared URLs in post : `urls.long`
* Account verified : `verified`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parler>" %}

{% embed url="<https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/sio-parler-contours>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/11/24/21579357/parler-app-trump-twitter-facebook-censorship>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2021/01/12/how-antifa-conspiracy-theory-traveled-fringe-floor-congress/6620908002/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Poal

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Poal is an American threaded forum site modeled after the more mainstream Reddit. Poal takes a 'free speech' approach with their community and have implemented very little content oversight. Like in other sources, this lack of oversight has led to the presence of content containing harmful and harassing posts including antisemitic and white nationalist propaganda.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments and user profiles on Poal.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `poal`

* Username : `user`
* Post content : `content`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//poal\[.]co/s/`sub`/`pid`
* Subforum : `sub`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://golden.com/wiki/Poal.co-NMM8ZRG>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Rumble

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Rumble is a Canadian video sharing platform and web host founded in 2013. Billed as a free speech alternative to YouTube, it seeks to “restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again”. It has made a series of acquisitions in years’ past to compete in a consolidating video-sharing market. In August 2022, Rumble entered into an agreement to serve as cloud services provider for Truth Social.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all comments, video metadata and user profiles on Rumble.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `rumble_video`

* Channel Username : `channel_id` or `username`
* Video description : `full_description`
* Post URL: `canonical`
* Video title: hank`title`

Platform endpoint : `rumble_comment`

* Username : `username`
* Post content : `text`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_(website)>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/business/media/rumble-social-media-conservatives-videos.html>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### RuTube

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
RuTube is a Russian video platform and alternative to YouTube founded in 2006. State-sponsored material via a library of licensed content includes movies, series, cartoons, shows, and live broadcasts in addition to blogs, podcasts, and video game streams. Owned by Gazprom Media, RuTube has been used to push state-authored talking points and propaganda.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all comments, video metadata, and user profiles on RuTube.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : rutube`_video`

* Username : `feed_name`
* Video title : `title`
* Video description : `description`

Platform endpoint : `rutube_comment`

* Username : `user.name`
* Post content : `text`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutube>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Scored (Win Communities)

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Scored (formerly known as Communities.win, Win Communities, and The Donald) is a collection of threaded based conversation forums that operates very similarly to its more mainstream counterpart, Reddit. The sites first came into existence when Reddit banned the subreddit r/The\_Donald in 2020. Users responded by creating their own site, thedonald.win. Scored claims to "unblur the lines between entertainment and politics". The Scored community c/TheDonald remains a very popular channel for users to discuss conspiracy theories and extremist ideology.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts and comments on Scored.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `win`

* Username : `author`
* Post content : `content` or `html_parsed_html`
* URL (constructed, if `datatype` is post) : https\[:]//scored\[.]co/c/`community`/p/`uuid`
* URL (constructed, if `datatype` is comment) : https\[:]//scored\[.]co/c/`community`/p/`parent_uuid`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/thedonald-activity-jan-6/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Telegram

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is an encrypted, cross-platform, cloud-based messaging application. Telegram was founded in 2013 by the founders of VK and hosts its operational center in Dubai. Telegram data schema consists of channels which users can join to post messages, images, videos, or other media. The Open Measures Telegram collections include activity from extremist and neo-Nazi groups and [coordinated state-backed disinformation](https://openmeasures.io/pro-russian-telegram-anti-un/) campaigns throughout the world.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures targets specific Telegram channels for collection due to the vast volume of Telegram users and content. Open Measures' team of subject matter experts and community to source channels yielding a collection of tens of thousands of channels. Open Measures collects users' metadata, messages, all media, and channel metadata from the collected channels. Some of the categories of these channels are: Russian state and Russian affiliated propaganda, white nationalist groups, and European far-right groups like Querdenker.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}

Platform endpoint: `telegram`

* Username : `userinfo.username`
* The name of the channel: `channelusername`
* The title of the channel: `channeltitle`
* The self-description of the channel:  `channelabout`
* Post content : `message`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/telegram-data-on-open-measures/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/pro-russian-telegram-anti-un/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/02/16/how-encrypted-messaging-platform-changing-extremist-movements>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/neo-nazis-white-supremacists-telegram-recruit>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hope-not-hate-telegram-nazis>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### TikTok

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{% tab title="Description" %}
TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to create, share, and discover short-form videos. The app was developed by the Chinese tech company ByteDance and was launched in September 2016 under the name Douyin in the Chinese market. It was later released internationally as TikTok in September 2017.

Open Measures focuses its attention on TikTok content that ranges from harassment, foreign interference, white supremacy, and dangerous conspiracies.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures collects outwards based on hundreds of seed hashtags. The collected TikTok data includes user profiles, posts, and comments.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `tiktok_video`

* Username : `author`
* Video description : `desc`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//tiktok\[.]com/@`author`/video/`id`
* Field containing hashtags : `textExtra`
  * numbers counting for each hashtag
    * Hashtag : `hashtagName`
* Note: `challenges` field also contains hashtags embedded in counting numbers
* Text in sticker on video : `stickerText`
  * each sticker embedded within a counting number

Platform endpoint : `tiktok_comment`

* Username : `author`
* Comment : `text`
* URL (constructed) : https\[:]//tiktok\[.]com/@`author`/video/`aweme_id`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://www.ft.com/content/9b40c5b5-d073-4cdb-a15b-44725e491a35>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.wired.com/story/teens-tiktok-conspiracy-theories/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Truth Social

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{% tab title="Description" %}
Truth Social is an American microblogging social network platform created by Trump Media & Technology Group. The site bills itself as a “Big Tent” social media platform and alternative to Twitter. It was listed publicly in October 2023 via special purpose acquisition company, trading under the stock ticker DJT.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments, and user profiles on Truth Social.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `truth_social`

* Username : `account.acct` or `account.username`
* Post content : `content_cleaned`
* Hashtags : `tags`
* URLs shared in post : `url`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/12/shiffer-trump-truth-social-fan/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/technology/truth-social-conspiracy-fbi-trump.html>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### VK

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Founded in 2006, Vkontakte (VK) is a Russian social networking site. VK is based out of Saint Petersburg and considered to be the Russian Facebook. It was originally founded by the founders of Telegram and is still one of the most popular websites in Russia. It has light content moderation and loose enforcement on policy-violating content. In 2021, VK's parent company (VK Group) sold majority ownership to Gazprom Media, effectively making VK a state-run company.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures crawls targeted groups and users on VK and collects all of the posts, comments, images, and videos posted on the maintained seed list. Our targeted VK crawling list consists of VK groups mentioned in our Telegram collections, users who are associated with Russian soldiers committing war crimes in Ukraine, and additional users or groups hand-curated by subject matter experts.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `vk`

* Username : `wall_owner`
* Post content : `text`
* URLs in post : `link.url` (note other interesting fields in "link" json)
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_(service)>" %}

{% embed url="<https://openmeasures.io/war-crimes-in-bucha-and-criminals-on-vkontakte/>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Wimkin

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Description" %}
Wimkin is an American social network founded in 2017. It promotes itself as a free speech alternative to traditional social media and the user experience is seen as a combination of Twitter and Facebook. Wimkin was pulled from major app stores in January of 2021 following calls to violence related to the storm on the US Capitol. The platform has since returned and maintains its lax policies on content moderation, describing itself as "100% Uncensored Social Media".
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Collected Data" %}
Open Measures aims to collect all posts, comments, and user profiles on Wimkin.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Key Fields" %}
Platform endpoint : `wimkin`

* Username : `author_username`
* Username full : `author`
* Post content : `content`
* URL : `permalink`
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resources" %}
{% embed url="<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimkin>" %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}