# /// script # dependencies = ["duckdb"] # /// """Recompute the quick-hop rate from this dataset, the simplest headline number (METHODS.md, M1). A "quick hop" is one account following two different profiles within 5 minutes. The claim is that there are far more quick hops per follow since the attack than the same profiles had before it. This rebuilds that from data/followers.parquet alone, so it can be checked without the site's database. uv run replicate.py # from Hugging Face uv run replicate.py data/followers.parquet # from a downloaded copy The network classification and username features need the full pipeline (the code is open; usernames are private), so they are not reproduced here. """ import sys import duckdb SRC = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "hf://datasets/gavrilo/botijada/data/followers.parquet" CUTOFF = "2026-09-01 00:00:00+00" # one follow per account+profile (earliest), then each account's consecutive follows in time order; # a hop is a move to a different profile, quick if within 5 minutes, counted on its second follow. sql = f""" with f as ( select account, target_id, min(followed_at) as t from read_parquet('{SRC}') group by 1, 2 ), seq as ( select account, target_id, t, lag(target_id) over w as prev_target, lag(t) over w as prev_t from f window w as (partition by account order by t) ), hops as ( select t, (t - prev_t) as gap from seq where prev_target is not null and prev_target <> target_id and t - prev_t <= interval 1 hour ) select case when t < timestamptz '{CUTOFF}' then 'before 1 Sep' else 'since 1 Sep' end as period, count(*) as hops, round(100.0 * count(*) filter (where gap <= interval 5 minute) / count(*), 1) as pct_within_5min from hops group by 1 order by 1; """ # follows per period, to express hops per 1000 follows follows_sql = f""" with f as (select account, target_id, min(followed_at) as t from read_parquet('{SRC}') group by 1, 2) select case when t < timestamptz '{CUTOFF}' then 'before 1 Sep' else 'since 1 Sep' end as period, count(*) as follows from f group by 1 order by 1; """ con = duckdb.connect() hops = {r[0]: (r[1], r[2]) for r in con.execute(sql).fetchall()} follows = {r[0]: r[1] for r in con.execute(follows_sql).fetchall()} print(f"{'period':14}{'follows':>10}{'quick hops':>12}{'per 1000 follows':>18}") for period in ("before 1 Sep", "since 1 Sep"): n = follows.get(period, 0) h = hops.get(period) quick = round(h[0] * h[1] / 100) if h else 0 per1000 = round(1000 * quick / n, 1) if n else 0 print(f"{period:14}{n:>10}{quick:>12}{per1000:>18}")