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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by jjulius on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:17PM (#31161472)
Got a link to some actual peer reviews of his research? I've seen him trotted out before, but at most the only data people seem to be able to produce related to his work are interviews like the one you linked, and his website (which is just request for donation after request for donation).
Re:twitter/the-algorithm by asabjorn on Monday April 25, 2022 @07:12PM (#31162056)
The article summarize his research. He had published many articles on the topic, and most have linked pdfs you can download for free in his bibliography here:

https://drrobertepstein.com/pdf/vita.pdf

Re:twitter/the-algorithm by jjulius on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:43PM (#31163422)
A news article is not a peer review.

A link to his own website and his bibliography is not a peer review.

You said his work has been peer-reviewed, but when asked to provide such peer-reviews, you only cited a news article about him, and his self-published bibliography. Interestingly enough, his own bibliography doesn't even link to peer reviews of the Google/election-focused research.

Re:twitter/the-algorithm by asabjorn on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:58AM (#31164420)
Just his foundational study, where he discuss methodology, is cited by 470 others. Double check for “The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections” here

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=robe...

In his bibliography you can see many follow up papers. So you are just wrong saying his methodology and approach is the work of a lone warrior.

If you are asking me to summarize his research body that’s unreasonable to show my claim that it’s peer reviewed, which it as shown above demonstrably is.