Luhut Claims To Have Big Data Netizens Support Postponing Elections, Social Media Observer: Seems Impossible!

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has big data regarding support for postponing the General Election (photo: Instagram @luhut.pandjaitan)

JAKARTA - There is a lot of discussion about the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has big data regarding support for the postponement of the 2024 General Election (Pemilu). However, many are asking where did Luhut get the data?

In a podcast on Deddy Corbusier's YouTube channel, Luhut claims to have data regarding the desire of the Indonesian people to postpone the election, which is mostly obtained from social media.

"Because of this, we have big data, I want to see, we have big data, from that big data, we grab around 110 million. Yes, 110 million, various kinds, Facebook, all kinds of things, because people "People are on Twitter, about 110 million people," said Luhut.

Unfortunately, Luhut is reluctant to open his big data to the public. "Yes, it's definitely a lie. No, why not open it," said Luhut.

Meanwhile, the founder of Drone Emprit and social media observer, Ismail Fahmi, in this case questioned Luhut's claim to owning big data through a thread on his Twitter @IsmailFahmi.

"The source of data claims for 110 million netizens talking about the three-term president or the extension from where? From Lab45 itself, only 10,852 Twitter accounts were involved in the three-term presidential talks, the majority refused. According to Drone Emprit data," said Ismail.

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Ismail also explained that out of the 10,852 accounts that also spoke and were mentioned, even though they did not participate. "The example of SBY's account, he did not participate in the conversation, but was in the SNA because it was mentioned. So I think there are less than those who are active in the conversation above," explained Ismail.

"Of the 18 million Twitter users +62, only around 10 thousand are actively talking about the extension of this term of office. Or only 0.055 percent. Even though Twitter users are the most chatty about politics. Moreover, users of other channels such as Instagram, Facebook, the percentage could be lower. 110 million seems impossible," added Ismail.

For more details, Ismail also detailed that Indonesia's Facebook users last year were 140 million. The assumption of 0.055 percent also discusses this issue, only 77 thousand accounts.

"Markup 10x = 777 thousand. Markup 100× = 7.7 million. Markup 1000x = 77 million. So it's impossible for 110 million people to actively talk, unless they mark up 1000x more data," said Ismail.