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Add in the word 'tweet' and 'retweet' and you're sitting at around 3% of all tweets (give or take). For reference, this is about 5-10 times higher than any othe
by hegemonicon 17y ago
Add in the word 'tweet' and 'retweet' and you're sitting at around 3% of all tweets (give or take). For reference, this is about 5-10 times higher than any other common term I checked (facebook, google, internet, car, obama, etc.) For futher reference, the words 'work' and 'new' both come in around the same amount (3-4%)
- diego 17y agoYes, but look at how the word "tweet" is used. Calling it self-referential is a bit of a stretch, it just means "message" within twitter.
- philfreo 17y agoBetter, it's like saying "FWD" in email. It's just meta-data.
- SamAtt 17y agoIt's a silly test to begin with. It doesn't take into account shortened URLs which are a big part of the Twitter discussion. It can't take into account phrases like "Democratization of News" or "New Media". It doesn't even take into account stemming ("tweeet" has a dramatically different graph than "tweeting") It just doesn't prove a thing