Could you apply this to tweets? e.g., take user1 tweet, analyze who they follow & current trends, some recursion, find root influencers like: user1 -> follows

Could you apply this to tweets? e.g., take user1 tweet, analyze who they follow & current trends, some recursion, find root influencers like: user1 -> follows user2, tweeted similar -> userN, tweetN -> network and time-map of influence & themes, etc