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Sinan Aral ✅

@sinanaral@mastodon.social

mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06

David Austin Professor @ MIT; Director, MIT IDE; Founding Partner, Manifest Capital; Author, The Hype Machine, Former Chief Scientist, Social Amp; Former Chief Scientist, Humin;... In Stealth Now Too

912 Followers

716 Following

11 Posts

Joined December 15, 2022

Hype Machine Book:

https://a.co/d/j7WqIy6

TED Talk:

https://www.ted.com/talks/sinan_aral_how_we_can_protect_truth_in_the_age_of_misinformation?language=en

Website:

https://www.sinanaral.io/

Verified:

https://fedified.com/@sinanaral

Sinan Aral ✅ @sinanaral@mastodon.social

· 46mo ago

Hey Everyone! The air seems cleaner here 😀

I'm a Scientist, Entrepreneur and Investor, in that order... a first generation immigrant to the US interested in data, statistics, machine leaning, AI, Web3 and the future of the digital economy and society.

I teach and do research at MIT and am here to build a brighter, more equitable digital future with all of you... 🚀

Sinan Aral ✅ @sinanaral@mastodon.social

· 46mo ago

🎧New Episode🎧To mark the end of season 1 of "The Digital Insider with @sinanaral@mastodon.social" we're joined by the CTO of @Accenture@mastodon.social, @pauldaugh discussing where technology is going today, tomorrow + beyond
Listen + catch up on season 1:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995660/share
See you in 2023 for season 2!

Buzzsprout

The Digital Insider with Sinan Aral

The Digital Insider with Sinan Aral, is dedicated to getting to the hard science behind the digital economy. MIT Professor, IDE Director, and author of “The Hype Machine," Sinan Aral, sits down with some of the most brilliant minds on the planet, ...

Sinan Aral ✅ @sinanaral@mastodon.social

· 46mo ago

Hey Everyone, I'm new... How do i search users here? 😂

Sinan Aral ✅ @sinanaral@mastodon.social

· 46mo ago

Had a few thoughts on Twitter, Elon Musk, Content Moderation, Network Effects, AI Automation, ChatGPT and more on Yahoo Finance this morning...

I think I needed to get that off my chest! 🤣

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/twitter-seeing-unprecedented-rise-competitors-153916808.html

Yahoo Finance

Twitter is seeing an ‘unprecedented rise’ in competitors, professor says

MIT Sloan School of Management Professor and Author Sinan Aral joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss Elon Musk stepping down from Twitter as the company’s CEO, what this could mean for the social media platform, an unprecedented rise in users leaving the platform, and how he would run Twitter if given the chance.