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Signal indices

Each 0–100 score is built from the current results. Every card shows the score and what's driving it.

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Attention Distortion

57
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57-point platform gap

Flags when the platform getting engagement is not the platform carrying most mentions.

instagram has 7% of mentions
instagram has 64% of engagement
Treat viral posts as a sign of attention, not of overall volume
elevated

Actor Imbalance

53
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0.3x RSF/SAF

Tracks whether SAF and RSF mentions are balanced or dominated by one side.

1K Rapid Support Forces mentions
3.3K Sudanese Armed Forces mentions
53% imbalance between the two main actors
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Civilian Harm Pressure

42
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11% harm-keyword density

Combines overall negativity with atrocity, humanitarian, Darfur, and Kordofan keywords.

41% of all mentions are negative
3783 harm and frontline keywords across the current feed
68% peak negativity in humanitarian/Darfur campaigns
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Foreign-Actor Pressure

27
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14.1% politics share

Shows how much the conversation is being pulled into diplomacy and outside-power framing.

4.9K politics/diplomacy mentions
1.7K foreign-actor mentions
Foreign-actor mentions are 51% of the top keyword cluster
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Narrative Concentration

25
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36% in top two campaigns

Whether attention is spread across campaigns or concentrated in just a few.

Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan: 18.7%
Sudan War & Military Situation: 17.3%
Sudanese Armed Forces: 3.3K mentions
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Warfront Pressure

19
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20% frontline-keyword density

Measures whether the feed is centered on armed actors and active fronts.

6K war-campaign mentions
1K RSF and 3.3K SAF mentions
1K Kordofan mentions
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Coverage Blind Spot

11
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1 quiet platforms

How much of what Sudan Watch tracks has no matching posts in the current window.

1 of 7 tracked platforms are quiet
0 of 10 campaigns are quiet
A quiet platform is a coverage gap, not a sign the topic is unimportant
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Spike Velocity

0
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0.2x prior avg

How the most recent day compares with the average of the days before it.

96 mentions in the latest day
426 average mentions before that
A short history can overstate momentum until more days build up
Method

How the scores are built

These are rough indicators, not measurements of the conflict itself. They show where attention and pressure concentrate in the current window.

Attention Distortion
57 / 100

Absolute gap between the top engagement platform share and its mention share

  • instagram has 7% of mentions
  • instagram has 64% of engagement
  • Treat viral posts as a sign of attention, not of overall volume
Actor Imbalance
53 / 100

Absolute RSF–SAF mention gap divided by total RSF + SAF mentions

  • 1K Rapid Support Forces mentions
  • 3.3K Sudanese Armed Forces mentions
  • 53% imbalance between the two main actors
Civilian Harm Pressure
42 / 100

50% overall negativity + 35% harm-keyword density + 15% peak harm-campaign negativity

  • 41% of all mentions are negative
  • 3783 harm and frontline keywords across the current feed
  • 68% peak negativity in humanitarian/Darfur campaigns
Foreign-Actor Pressure
27 / 100

65% politics-campaign share + 35% foreign-keyword strength vs the top keyword cluster

  • 4.9K politics/diplomacy mentions
  • 1.7K foreign-actor mentions
  • Foreign-actor mentions are 51% of the top keyword cluster
Narrative Concentration
25 / 100

60% top-two campaign share + 40% top-keyword share

  • Eastern, Northern & Port Sudan: 18.7%
  • Sudan War & Military Situation: 17.3%
  • Sudanese Armed Forces: 3.3K mentions
Warfront Pressure
19 / 100

35% war-campaign share + 65% armed-actor/frontline keyword density

  • 6K war-campaign mentions
  • 1K RSF and 3.3K SAF mentions
  • 1K Kordofan mentions
Coverage Blind Spot
11 / 100

80% quiet-platform share + 20% quiet-campaign share

  • 1 of 7 tracked platforms are quiet
  • 0 of 10 campaigns are quiet
  • A quiet platform is a coverage gap, not a sign the topic is unimportant
Spike Velocity
0 / 100

Log-scaled latest daily volume compared with the prior daily average

  • 96 mentions in the latest day
  • 426 average mentions before that
  • A short history can overstate momentum until more days build up