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City Calendar Events - February 2026

Simulation Context

Platform Scope: Single social media platform transparency data
Data Collection Period: February 1-3, 2026
Geographic Focus: Mid-sized U.S. city (population ~200,000)
API Coverage: Municipal civic discourse hashtags and related discussions

Official City Calendar

February 1, 2026 (Saturday)

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Community Budget Workshop
City Hall, Conference Room A
Public workshop on proposed 2026-2027 municipal budget. Citizens invited to review line items and provide input.

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: City Budget Public Hearing
City Council Chambers
MAJOR EVENT - Formal public hearing on proposed budget. Expected high civic engagement.

February 2, 2026 (Sunday)

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Candidate Meet & Greet
Community Center
Informal gathering with school board candidates. Light refreshments provided.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: School Board Candidate Forum
High School Auditorium
MAJOR EVENT - Moderated candidate forum ahead of March election. Public Q&A session.

February 3, 2026 (Monday)

8:00 AM: City Planning Commission Meeting
City Hall, Planning Room
Review of proposed zoning changes in downtown district.

8:00 PM: Public Comment Deadline - Zoning Proposal
MAJOR EVENT - Final deadline for citizens to submit written comments on controversial downtown zoning changes.

Investigation Timeline

Recommendation: examine transparency data around these key periods:

February 1, 2026:

• 9:00-12:00: Morning budget workshop (expect moderate organic activity)
• 18:00-21:00: Evening budget hearing (expect major organic activity)
• 21:00-23:00: Post-hearing discussion period

February 2, 2026:

• 12:00-15:00: Candidate meet & greet (expect light activity)
• 17:00-20:00: Candidate forum (expect major organic activity)
• 20:00-22:00: Post-forum discussion period

February 3, 2026:

• 07:00-09:00: Morning planning meeting period
• 19:00-21:00: Final hours before zoning comment deadline
• 20:00: Exact deadline moment (watch for coordination spikes)

Expected Organic Patterns

Natural civic engagement should show:

• Gradual activity buildup before major events
• Peak activity during and immediately after events
• Diverse hash cluster engagement
• Mixed account age participation
• Primarily manual posting with some scheduled civic announcements

Suspicious coordination would show:

• Sudden synchronized spikes unrelated to event timing
• Artificial amplification of specific hash clusters
• New account surges during key moments
• High API automation during civic discussions
• Cross-hash coordination that doesn’t follow natural topic relationships

Platform Simulation Details

Single Platform Focus:
This transparency data represents one social media platform’s civic discourse monitoring. In reality, coordination often spans multiple platforms, but this simulation focuses on patterns detectable within a single platform’s transparency API.

Data Granularity:

• 1-minute interval aggregation
• Privacy-preserving hash-based topic identification
• Behavioral signals only (no content access)
• k-anonymity protection (minimum 100 posts per reported interval)

Analyze whether the behavioral patterns around these civic events represent organic community engagement or coordinated manipulation efforts.

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