Chapter 380 The second gust of wind!
In 2022.
Although Weibo and Tieba have long been criticized as 'women's toilets' and 'men's toilets', they despise and diss each other.
But one thing that no one can deny is that
There are indeed many users of these two platforms.
For live users on online platforms, monthly active MAU and daily active DAU are generally used to describe statistics.
Each platform will have its own algorithm on how to calculate it, such as the number of times the app is opened, the total usage time, etc. Overall, it is relatively objective.
Basically, any platform with daily active users exceeding 100 million can be said to be a national platform.
For example, WeChat’s DAU is close to 900 million, and Honor of Kings’ DAU is basically 80 million.
The MAU of China Literature platform is 220 million, but this is the entire platform of the group. The starting point of the main website is 119.8 million.
However, the payment rate is less than 8%, only 8.1 million, how can it be so miserable.
As for Weibo’s DAU, it is
200 million.
This value is basically reasonable. After all, China's population base is too large.
Of course.
The DAU here are the users of Weibo who are spread across various topics. Just look at the tens of millions or hundreds of millions of fans of some celebrities.
on the other hand.
This kind of user base can also explain one thing:
That means there are still many normal people on Weibo.
This group of normal people naturally includes many relevant people in the professional field.
For example, screenwriters and authors in the art field.
For example, doctors and nurses in the medical field.
Another example.
Enthusiasts and practitioners in the field of mathematics.
Although there are not many people related to mathematics or engineering fields.
But when it comes to professional content, they can often exert considerable influence.
For example, you can often see some forwarded chat records in the QQ group, starting with a report or a screenshot of a paper that is full of terminology.
Then the two or three "understood brothers" below analyzed it with high-quality words, and a Nobel Prize-level result appeared, and the speed of dissemination was staggering.
This shows that although there are many few people, they still have a strong mentality towards cutting-edge academics.
So it's quick.
Wang Tong and others' comments quickly began to spread after they were released, and then something happened:
They were labeled as cleansing the University of Science and Technology.
"Go crazy!"
Looking at the random comments on his Weibo, the veins on Wang Tong’s forehead almost exploded:
"Honey, what do you think I did to Xu Yun? The derivation process of the Mersenne prime number conjecture is indeed flawless, right?"
"Oh, there is another one who says that HKUST is covering up him. Do you really think that HKUST would endorse such a student? If you really want to protect him, wouldn't it be easier to just shut down and ban him?"
Looking at Wang Tong who was fuming, Zhang Yingxiao came up behind her boyfriend lightly and rubbed his shoulders:
"Atong, I told you not to end up in this situation a long time ago. When you encounter this kind of thing, the most you can do is not follow it. Otherwise, if you are slightly at odds with the mainstream opinion, you will be slapped with a hat."
"In the end, you still don't believe it, so what you say can be justified, now? You have a long memory, right?"
As a young girl who often hangs out on Weibo and occasionally follows celebrities, Zhang Ying has a much deeper understanding of Internet explosions than Wang Tong.
When Wang Tong told her that there might be something hidden in this matter, while she believed in her boyfriend's judgment, she also immediately guessed that the water in this matter might be much deeper than what she saw now.
Therefore, she persuaded Wang Tong not to end up in trouble at that time to avoid getting into trouble.
Unexpectedly, Wang Tong's top and bottom were equally hard. He insisted that he was just mentioning the Mersenne prime numbers and was not trying to whitewash Xu Yun.
Then
The mob gave Wang Tong a hard blow.
Looking at the comments that have been added to the 121st floor, Wang Tong's expression is still a little confused and even aggrieved:
"Honey, aren't these people unreasonable?"
"Obviously I am discussing the matter, but you say that I am beating around the bush to clean up Xu Yun. Why is this?"
"To put it bluntly, couldn't it be that a scumbag deduced this result? Character and ability are not directly related."
Zhang Ying shook her head gently and comforted:
"Give up, Atong, don't even think about being reasonable on the Internet these days."
"Nowadays, once someone does something wrong, his whole person must be blackened, and he will not even be given a chance to stand up."
"As long as the published content does not suit their liking, there must be some inside story. They would rather believe in gossip than refute rumors. Just get used to it."
"How about Atong, let's do something interesting now. Come into the house with me."
The clinker Wang Tong shook his head, moved his girlfriend's hand away, and said seriously:
"Forget it, wife, you go and have a rest first. If this matter doesn't go well, I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Then he thought about it, opened QQ, a friend who graduated from the University of Science and Technology, and typed and asked:
"Gouzi, are you there? I want to ask you about someone."
Zhang Ying curled her lips when she saw this, there was nothing she could do about her boyfriend:
"Then I'll put on a facial mask."
In fact, neither Zhang Ying nor Wang Tong knew this.
Wang Tong's seemingly angry behavior is not an isolated case on the Internet.
Under the onslaught of a bulldozing rhetoric.
Some people chose to delete their comments.
Some people were unwilling to give in and either began to learn about Xu Yun's information through their own channels, or they directly spat it back.
People who choose the latter actually don’t realize that their behavior is getting closer to the image of Xu Yun’s friendly army step by step.
at the same time.
On the HKUST campus.
Department of Cyber Security.
"Dean Tian."
Looking at the various complicated data curves in front of him, Wang Qingchen raised his head excitedly:
"According to our analysis, in the last four hours, in the entry #中科大学announces the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes#, there have been a large number of comments from mathematics practitioners or enthusiasts!"
"And through portrait capture, we found that the number of people who meet the definition of 'friendly forces' is increasing significantly!"
Tian Liangwei's expression did not change when he heard this, but his fists were quietly clenched together.
Although in theory.
Only Weibo officials can grasp the behavioral portraits of Weibo users, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to obtain relevant data.
But this is only for the 'average' people.
Wang Qingchen is now in charge of the University of Science and Technology, and Xiaorong, one of the top three hackers in China, is in charge of Huadun Biotechnology. It is too easy for them to obtain some data.
For example, the entry #中科大学announces the proof of the infinity of Mersenne primes#.
Not so long ago.
They intercepted the Weibo database and designed two logics for this entry.
One logic is to capture the historical speeches of commentators. Accounts that mention mathematics and equations will be defaulted to relevant practitioners or enthusiasts.
Although there may be errors in this approach, what HKUST needs is not precise measurement, but to analyze a trend.
So whether some people were misidentified or missed, it actually doesn't matter.
Another logic is to screen whether they have published secondary Weibo, and also set up some keywords. Those who match the keywords will be labeled as 'friendly forces'.
Of course.
Such friendly forces are not necessarily righteous people who truly believe that Xu Yun is innocent. Their definition is [users who were innocently angered by Internet bombers and then posted a second blog to try to refute].
Among them there may be true allies like Wang Tong who understand Xu Yun and think he is innocent, or they may be more honest parties who are fighting with others from above.
Anyway no matter what.
They all act as friendly forces, and that's enough.
Wang Qingchen and others analyzed the data and used increments to determine whether the relevant trend was increasing or slowing down.
As for the computing power to analyze these data
Naturally, it is provided by HKUST Supercomputer.
This is also part of the so-called "strengthening of HKUST". For this reason, HKUST even suspended two key projects to free up supercomputing time.
Then Tian Liangwei thought for a while and asked Wang Qingchen:
"Xiao Wang, compared with the first four hours, how much has the specific proportion of 'friendly forces' increased now?"
Wang Qingchen tapped on the keyboard a few times and quickly replied:
"Dean Tian, according to data, the current popularity of the entire topic is 1832145, which is more than 1.8 million comments or a single Weibo post."
“There are 22,344 Weibo posts that match the portrait of mathematics practitioners or enthusiasts, which is six times more than four hours ago.”
"As for the proportion of 'friendly forces' who posted the second blog, it has increased by about 15 times."
"In addition, if the influence of some popular science bloggers is taken into account, this proportion will actually be higher."
Tian Liangwei nodded slightly.
According to the fourth round of subject evaluation announced by the Ministry of Education and the Graduate Education Development Center, a total of 129 universities across the country have established mathematics departments.
Calculated based on 100 students in a grade, more than 12,000 mathematics students graduate every year.
Based on 40 years of accumulation, including various enthusiasts, students who have taken mathematics in college, returnees, etc.
At present, the number of people in the country who can initially understand the derivation process of Mersenne prime numbers is probably close to one million.
Excluding users who have not registered for Weibo, the number of 22,344 theoretically still has room for growth.
At present
The first wind has begun to blow.
But in terms of magnitude, this wind is not enough, far from it.
Think of this.
Tian Liangwei couldn't help but take a deep breath, looked at a middle-aged man next to him, and said:
"Mr. Huang, let's start the next step."
The middle-aged man named Huang nodded:
"No problem."
After saying that, he turned around, walked outside the house and made a phone call.
Ten minutes later.
External network.
An account named GregoryMargulis suddenly sent out an English update:
【unbelievable!IreceivedanemailfromtheUniversity ofScienceandTechnologyofChina.AyoungChinesemannamedXuYunseemstohavemadeachievementsintheinfinityofMasonprimes.Myteamhaspassedthepreliminaryverification】
In just ten minutes.
This post was ranked among the top 30 overseas hot searches.
at the same time.
Domestic Tuantuan also posted a Weibo post, the content of which was a screenshot of this person:
【Breaking news! The current top mathematician Gregory Margulis tweeted, announcing that he had received a verification email from the University of Science and Technology of China regarding the infinity of Mersenne primes. Are we really going to witness history? 】
As soon as this Weibo post was posted.
The entry #GregoryMargulis# quickly climbed onto the trending list.
Although HKUST is behind the success of this hot search, it is also related to its content.
After all, the person who posted the tweet was
Gregory Margulies! (Actually, I originally wanted to choose Tate, but unfortunately he has passed away)
For every math lover.
Who is the greatest mathematician in history? Everyone may have a different choice in their mind.
Some may think it’s Gauss, some think it’s Riemann, and some think it’s the person who calculated Shuichi Akai’s height of five meters
But if you add the qualification of "living" in front of this word, then the answer is not much.
Generally speaking.
The easiest way to judge a person's achievement is to judge his honors, especially the honors of some top awards.
As everyone knows.
There are three major awards in mathematics, namely the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal and the Abel Prize.
The abbreviations are F, W, and A.
Some mathematicians have had either type of FWA.
Some get better than two of them.
Others have won them all, and these people are often called the Grand Slams.
There are currently only six living ‘Grand Slam’ players in mathematics:
Jean-Pierre Serre.
Andrew Wiles.
Pierre René Deligne.
John Milnor.
John Thompson.
and
Gregory Margulis who sent that update. (End of chapter)