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aria-label="visualization (6 items)">visualization</a> </div> </div> <div class="js-ajax-frame"> <section class="post-list"> <h3>Recent posts</h3> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2014">5 Mar 2014</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Gender role literacy: Girls in science?</a></h4> </div> <p>There are gender wars, and then there are casualties. It wasn’t until 2011 that the behemoth toymaker LEGO acknowledged girls’ desire to build with bricks, even though the company had long before made a seemingly effortless pivot to co-branding, video games, and major motion pictures. So it’s little wonder that girls face all-too-real obstacles when <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2014/03/05/gender-role-literacy-girls-in-science/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">9 Dec 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Challenges of crowdsourcing: Analysis of Historypin</a></h4> </div> <p>Crowdsourcing can build virtual community, engage the public, and build large knowledge databases about science and culture. But what does it take, and how fast can you grow? For some insight, we look at a crowdsourced history site: Historypin is an appealing database of historical photos, with dates, locations, captions, and other metadata. It’s called History <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/12/09/challenges-of-crowdsourcing-analysis-of-historypin/">Read more</a> </article> <article class="post"> <div class="article-footer"> <time datetime="2013">18 Nov 2013</time> <h4><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Dinovember: Creative literacy starts young</a></h4> </div> <p>“Uh-oh,” Refe Tuma heard his girls whisper. “Mom and Dad are not going to like this.” It’s Dinovember, and his family’s plastic dinosaurs have been getting into mischief all month. Every year, Tuma and his wife devote the month of November to “convincing our children that, while they sleep, their plastic dinosaur figures come to life. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">[…]</a></p> <a class="more" href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2013/11/18/dinovember-creative-literacy-starts-young/">Read more</a> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <main role="main" id="main"><div id="twocolumns" class="full_width"> <div class="container default_page"> <div class="twocolumns-holder"> <section id="content" class="ajax-container"> <div class="title"> <h1>Tag: Twitter</h1> </div> <div class="post-3968 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-community tag-hashtags tag-outreach tag-twitter" id="post-3968"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/" rel="bookmark">30 popular Twitter #hashtags for education and outreach</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/" rel="bookmark">October 29th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3976" title="hashtags" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM-150x42.png" alt="" width="150" height="42" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM-150x42.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-27-at-4.51.31-PM.png 166w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Twitter hashtags are useful for promoting your projects, learning about new topics, and discovering trends. But what hashtags to use? We’ve analyzed usage patterns for <em>over a thousand</em> hashtags used in education and outreach, and give you the best. Even if you are active on Twitter, some will be familiar to you, and some will be new.</p> <p>List of the best hashtags for education and outreach<em>… <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/#more-3968" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading 30 popular Twitter #hashtags for education and outreach">(more…)</span></a></em></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/29/30-popular-twitter-hashtags-for-education-and-outreach/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/hashtags/" rel="tag">hashtags</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3932 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-learning tag-open-access tag-sparc tag-twitter tag-world-bank" id="post-3932"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/24/open-access-week-2012/" rel="bookmark">Open Access Week 2012</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/24/open-access-week-2012/" rel="bookmark">October 24th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3933" title="Open Access Week" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-24-at-12.58.41-PM-150x46.png" alt="" width="150" height="46" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-24-at-12.58.41-PM-150x46.png 150w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-24-at-12.58.41-PM-240x73.png 240w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Screen-Shot-2012-10-24-at-12.58.41-PM.png 299w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />It’s <a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about">Open Access Week 2012</a>. Now in it’s 6th year, the organizers are promoting Open Access as the new norm in research and scholarship. Here’s a summary of some happenings… <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/24/open-access-week-2012/#more-3932" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Open Access Week 2012">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/learning/" rel="category tag">Learning & access</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/24/open-access-week-2012/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-access/" rel="tag">open access</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/sparc/" rel="tag">SPARC</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/world-bank/" rel="tag">World Bank</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-3828 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications tag-twitter" id="post-3828"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/blog-bites/" rel="bookmark">Blog bites</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/blog-bites/" rel="bookmark">October 10th, 2012</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Since spring 2010, this blog has covered all kinds of outreach topics, from museums to mobile devices to ebooks to blog networks. The most popular articles have been about strategic communications and QR Codes. These articles were written by Michael Douma, and many were long-form articles, based on multiple interviews or new analysis. Now, we’re going to try something</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2012/10/10/blog-bites/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2743 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-strategy tag-acquia tag-blog tag-buddypress tag-community tag-content-management tag-drupal tag-facebook tag-ingage-networks tag-mediatemple tag-mobile tag-mysql tag-open-source tag-social-media-2 tag-social-network tag-spam tag-twitter tag-user-interface tag-user-generated-content tag-wordpress" id="post-2743"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/20/software-options-for-niche-social-networks/" rel="bookmark">Software options for niche social networks</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/20/software-options-for-niche-social-networks/" rel="bookmark">July 20th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2763" title="Social network platforms" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-20-at-10.51.09-AM.png" alt="" width="180" height="126" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-20-at-10.51.09-AM.png 180w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-20-at-10.51.09-AM-150x105.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" />So you want to create a niche social network? And you’ve read the <a title="Considerations for new niche social networks" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/20/considerations-for-new-niche-social-networks/">prior post on overall issues to consider</a>? Here’s an overview of over a dozen software platforms you might consider. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/20/software-options-for-niche-social-networks/#more-2743" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Software options for niche social networks">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/20/software-options-for-niche-social-networks/#comments">6 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/acquia/" rel="tag">Acquia</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/blog/" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/buddypress/" rel="tag">BuddyPress</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/community/" rel="tag">community</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/content-management/" rel="tag">content management</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/drupal/" rel="tag">Drupal</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/facebook/" rel="tag">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ingage-networks/" rel="tag">INgage Networks</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mediatemple/" rel="tag">MediaTemple</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mysql/" rel="tag">MySQL</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/open-source/" rel="tag">Open source</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-media-2/" rel="tag">social media</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-network/" rel="tag">Social network</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/spam/" rel="tag">spam</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/user-interface/" rel="tag">user interface</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/user-generated-content/" rel="tag">user-generated content</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/wordpress/" rel="tag">WordPress</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2699 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-strategy tag-association-of-science-technology-centers tag-facebook tag-social-media-2 tag-social-network tag-twitter" id="post-2699"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/12/niche-social-networks-ravelry-exhibitfiles-and-others/" rel="bookmark">Niche social networks: Ravelry, ExhibitFiles, and others</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/12/niche-social-networks-ravelry-exhibitfiles-and-others/" rel="bookmark">July 12th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2708" title="Social networks" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.54-PM.png" alt="" width="173" height="110" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.54-PM.png 173w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.54-PM-150x95.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px" />Thinking about launching a new niche social network for a science or cultural community of professionals? Think again. It costs a lot to do well, and there’s a major risk of failure. People don’t have much time to spend logging into yet another social network, and it’s hard to reach a critical mass so that the site is interesting for people to use.</p> <p>On the other hand, many niche communities still lack a good way to interact online. So there’s a potential need for new social networks.</p> <p><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-2709 alignright" title="Ravelry" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.07-PM.png" alt="" width="158" height="58" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.07-PM.png 158w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Screen-shot-2011-07-12-at-4.49.07-PM-150x55.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px" />Ravelry</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/">Ravelry.com</a> (for knitters and crocheters) is a fantastic example of a thriving niche social network. It has over 1.4 million members (and my wife loves it: she spends more time in there than on Twitter or Facebook). A recent <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2298584/pagenum/all/">article about Ravelry</a> in <em>Slate</em> talks about how “social sites work better when they’re smaller and bespoke, created to cater to a specific group.” Members share photos and swap tips on their knitting projects. The site was started by a husband & wife team, and now has a 4-person staff. Revenue comes from their online store and advertisers. <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/12/niche-social-networks-ravelry-exhibitfiles-and-others/#more-2699" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Niche social networks: Ravelry, ExhibitFiles, and others">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/12/niche-social-networks-ravelry-exhibitfiles-and-others/#comments">2 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/association-of-science-technology-centers/" rel="tag">Association of Science-Technology Centers</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/facebook/" rel="tag">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-media-2/" rel="tag">social media</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/social-network/" rel="tag">Social network</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-2252 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-business-management tag-apps tag-audience tag-education tag-flash tag-funding tag-games tag-ipad tag-mobile tag-twitter" id="post-2252"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/" rel="bookmark">Science game contest awarded $50k prize to ineligible candidate</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/" rel="bookmark">April 11th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><a href="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2272" title="Cooney" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png" alt="" width="153" height="105" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM.png 153w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-11-at-2.05.52-AM-150x102.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px" /></a>The <a href="http://www.cooneycenterprizes.org/about-the-prizes/stem.html">National STEM Video Game Challenge</a>, awarded the $50k grand prize last week to a professional team that did not meet the eligibility criteria.</p> <p>This story came to my attention last week, when I wrote a <a title="You make me sick! Online game teaches science to middle schoolers" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/07/you-make-me-sick-online-game-teaches-science-to-middle-schoolers/">blog post about a cool online science game</a> for Middle School kids which won the grand prize as part of the contest run by the <a href="http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/">Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop</a> (the parent organization of Sesame Street) and <a href="http://www.elinemedia.com/">E-Line Media</a>. That article briefly mentioned anomalies in the contest, and the Cooney Center sent me an email: “Please take this article down as soon as possible because of a legal issue that is pending.” This made me wonder, is there a scandal on Sesame Street?</p> <p> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/#more-2252" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Science game contest awarded $50k prize to ineligible candidate">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/04/11/science-game-contest-awarded-50k-prize-to-ineligible-candidate/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/apps/" rel="tag">apps</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/flash/" rel="tag">flash</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/funding/" rel="tag">funding</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">IPad</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-1809 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-audience tag-blog tag-communications-2 tag-outreach tag-twitter" id="post-1809"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/30/dont-confuse-the-channel-and-the-audience-in-social-media/" rel="bookmark">Don’t confuse the channel and the audience (in social media)</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/30/dont-confuse-the-channel-and-the-audience-in-social-media/" rel="bookmark">March 30th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1810" title="Taming the firehose" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-30-at-11.52.22-AM.png" alt="" width="177" height="123" srcset="https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-30-at-11.52.22-AM.png 177w, https://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-30-at-11.52.22-AM-150x104.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px" />Social media can feel like you are talking to the world, but in reality there’s a lot of self-selection going on. So know your audience.</p> <p>Before the Internet, the gatekeepers of public information (journalists, editors and producers) considered the needs of audiences for you. These gatekeepers would filter a fire-hose of information in press releases and technical publications to deliver a digested slivers of information via television news, tv, print, and trade press. Other kinds of technical information was discussed at conferences, at meetings, in journals or in private. (See my post about “<a title="Fall of the gatekeepers, rise of bloggers" href="http://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/02/fall-of-the-gatekeepers-rise-of-bloggers/">Fall of the gatekeepers</a>“) <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/30/dont-confuse-the-channel-and-the-audience-in-social-media/#more-1809" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Don’t confuse the channel and the audience (in social media)">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/30/dont-confuse-the-channel-and-the-audience-in-social-media/#respond">No Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/audience/" rel="tag">Audience</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/blog/" rel="tag">blog</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/communications-2/" rel="tag">communications</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="post-1549 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-communications category-strategy tag-data tag-metrics tag-online-communities tag-outreach tag-twitter" id="post-1549"> <div class="title"> <h2><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/17/black-hole-of-tweets-new-research-on-which-tweeters-get-attention/" rel="bookmark">Black hole of Tweets: New research on which Tweeters get attention</a></h2> <p class="info"><strong class="date"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/17/black-hole-of-tweets-new-research-on-which-tweeters-get-attention/" rel="bookmark">March 17th, 2011</a></strong> by IDEA</p> </div> <div class="content"> <p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1560" title="My tweet just fell into a black hole!" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-16-at-5.45.16-PM.png" alt="" width="138" height="107" />On Twitter, almost no one hears you. Or at least that’s the case for 99.95% of Twitter users whose Tweets evaporate into the aether, scrolling off the feed, leaving scarcely a trace.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html">statistics released last week</a> by Twitter, users now send a billion Tweets a week (up nearly 3x from 350M a year ago). But most of those Tweets get little attention, reports a <a href="http://research.yahoo.com/pub/3386">new study</a>, to be presented next week at a web conference in India. The study found that attention is highly concentrated among a very narrow slice of Twitter users. Read on for more about the findings…<br /> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/17/black-hole-of-tweets-new-research-on-which-tweeters-get-attention/#more-1549" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Black hole of Tweets: New research on which Tweeters get attention">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/communications/" rel="category tag">Communication</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/strategy/" rel="category tag">Strategy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/03/17/black-hole-of-tweets-new-research-on-which-tweeters-get-attention/#comments">4 Comments</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/data/" rel="tag">Data</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/metrics/" rel="tag">metrics</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/online-communities/" rel="tag">online communities</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/outreach/" rel="tag">outreach</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2025 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>