Dave Troy
Social Entrepreneur | Understanding Polarization and Social Networks
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Dave Troy is a social entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple startups. He is known for his work exploring the role of social networks in society, politics, and the spread of misinformation.
Troy has presented at TED on how social networks influence behavior, and his research has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Wired. With a unique ability to translate complex data into actionable insights, Troy's keynotes empower audiences to understand the hidden forces shaping our increasingly polarized world.
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Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations
Every city has its neighborhoods, cliques and clubs, the hidden lines that join and divide people in the same town. What can we learn about cities by looking at what people share online? Starting with his own home town of Baltimore, Dave Troy has been visualizing what the tweets of city dwellers reveal about who lives there, who they talk to — and who they don’t.
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