A Closer Look: Did #wddchat14 Feature the Whole World?

The objective of this chat was to have 24 moderators host 24 topics from 12:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 14 to 12:00 a.m. EST on Friday, November 15. Obviously the expectation that a single person would participate in the entire day-long conversation is unrealistic – after all, we have lives to lead. But, in theory, a chat taking place over the course of a 24-hour window should provide everyone, across the world, an opportunity to participate is one worth pursing. And for the sake of this blog post, it’s one worth investigating. Is it possible to host a truly worldwide conversation on Twitter? Do certain countries dominate participation, regardless of the time of day? What can be learned from an effort like this? Over the course of the entire 24-hour period, 602 participants engaged with the #wddchat14 hashtag, supplying 6,709 tweets, and generating 20,000,726 impressions. Those numbers are great, but I was curious about the specific location of the participants – after all, it’s called World Diabetes Day. Before I share the data, you will need a little context for how everything is gathered. Symplur Signals is able to tag a user and their associated tweets with a location provided that user has a valid, actual location entered in their profile. Countries and states that exist are able to be identified on a map, whereas locations that do not match with reality are labeled ‘not provided or not identified‘. User analysis of #wddchat14 yields 271 unidentifiable ...
Source: Fox ePractice - Category: Health Managers Authors: Tags: Connecting the dots in healthcare social media Newsletter #wddchat14 Diabetes diabetes advocacy tweetchat World Diabetes Day Source Type: blogs