Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @arstechnica
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
1,151
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a range of topics, including criticism of companies banning words and phrases, an updated analysis of Fermilab's W boson data, a call for companies to respect user privacy, reports of mobile security vulnerabilities, efforts to give human cells the camouflage and color-changing properties of squid skin cells, discussions about AI and voice assistants, internet censorship and VPNs, and a report on ransomware exploiting an IBM file-exchange bug.
Topic Modeling
- Internet censorship
- Data privacy and collection
- Particle physics research
- Cybersecurity and 0-day exploits
- Technology and AI development
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are generally critical or skeptical. Several tweets criticize the actions or decisions of companies or organizations, such as the banning of words or the collection of user data without explicit permission. Other tweets express skepticism or questioning of scientific research or the use of artificial intelligence. There is also a tweet about car technology that appears to be neutral in tone.
Trend Analysis
- Discussing the impact of banning words/prompts (1, 4, 13)
- Updates on scientific research (2, 8, 10)
- Cybersecurity and privacy concerns (5, 6, 18)
- New technology and its implications (11, 14, 15)
- Discussion of current events and news (12, 19, 20)
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
400
Percentage of total tweets
34%
Number of Original tweets
130
Percentage of total tweets
11%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,151
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
611
Percentage of total tweets
53%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
25
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
87
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 432 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 287 |
| Twitter for Android | 252 |
| Twitter for iPad | 43 |
| T7 App | 35 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIRED | WIRED | Where tomorrow is realized || Sign up for our newsletters: https://t.co/xljcWJtU9i | 10,152,370 |
| EFF | EFF | We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We defend your civil liberties in a digital world. | 498,712 |
| QuantaMagazine | Quanta Magazine | Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. https://t.co/c7xRzWibUm | 282,648 |
| LibraryJournal | Library Journal | Library views, news, and book reviews from LJ staffers | 248,089 |
| adafruit | adafruit industries | USA Manufacturer, open-source hardware, certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Twitter account managed by @ladyada & @ptorrone | 215,191 |
| chr1sa | Chris Anderson | Occupy the skies Photo by @chrismichel | 185,096 |
| arvalis | RJ Palmer | Concept Artist | Past: Ubisoft, Detective Pikachu | Paleoartist | Server https://t.co/iFk5cVLOBF | arvalis@mac.com | he/him | Store: https://t.co/enwDabxu6u | 176,672 |
| SpirosMargaris | Spiros Margaris | #VC | No. 1 #Fintech @Refinitiv & @Onalytica | @TEDx | @natechsa @ai_mediastalker @GenTwoAG @investwithCARL @SparkLabsGlobal @HeradoHQ | 128,319 |
| Jigsaw | Jigsaw | A unit at Google that explores threats to open societies and builds technology that inspires scalable solutions. RT≠endorsement | 88,615 |
| kuriharan | Kohei Kurihara - Privacy for all together 🌍 | Co-founder @pbdlab, develop data privacy culture and collaborative measures for future data society. Let’s make collaboration for sustainable society together! | 63,358 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| KeithKeller | Keith Keller | SOCIAL AUDIO SPECIALIST https://t.co/R7NM3DxlqI #BuyMeACoffeeMonday ☕ #WhatsYourPlanBfor2023❓ | 55,087 |
| kuriharan | Kohei Kurihara - Privacy for all together 🌍 | Co-founder @pbdlab, develop data privacy culture and collaborative measures for future data society. Let’s make collaboration for sustainable society together! | 44,741 |
| rtehrani | Rich Tehrani | Tech Media Leader turned investment banker handling Series A-C funding, M&A and debt needs. | 24,490 |
| CandyTech1 | Candy Tech | #Technology like Candies: more and more. #Digital | 23,225 |
| SpirosMargaris | Spiros Margaris | #VC | No. 1 #Fintech @Refinitiv & @Onalytica | @TEDx | @natechsa @ai_mediastalker @GenTwoAG @investwithCARL @SparkLabsGlobal @HeradoHQ | 21,209 |
| funflaw | fundamental flaw🧷 | Suspiciously Conspicuous, Conspicuously Suspicious. 🗳️𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 | 20,564 |
| Dr4OurNHS | Dr4#OurNHS #SocialistAlliance #NeverNewLabour | @BThroughParty @DiEM25UK @FreeNorthNow @HarmonyPartyUK @LeftUnityParty @SEP_Britain @SocialistLP @Socialist_Party @TUSCoalition @WorkersPartyGB Retweet≠Endors | 18,508 |
| DJGEE | G⚡️👁🛸🪐🌕💫🔭🌎🛰 | #NAFO😼⚔️🪖⚡️Together⭕️Energy⚡️👑DJ⚡️GEE™️🇦🇶ikurriña🇺🇳🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴/G\☌7🫡🖖Celestial|Turntablist|Producer⚛️Maiztasun Bibrazioak✪ | 18,136 |
| JuliensAuctions | Julien's Auctions | The World Record-Breaking Auction House to the Stars | 14,214 |
| goulcher | joe | big old anti fascist. jew-ish, creative director on @xbox international social at @clockwork__uk. views mine obviously lol | 13,635 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| techfruit | Tech, gadgets, and startup news and analysis. Tech & digital for @descrier @techfruit@mastodon.social #startups #tech #digital #vc #crypto #web3 #ai #ml | 33 |
| Inkstall | Installing knowledge since 12 years. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. | 14 |
| pedro_bleu | - | 12 |
| TokenSelf | - | 11 |
| eggry | Amateur Photographer, Hobby Driver, Tech Follower flickr: https://t.co/qLpfxH4cps Instagram: https://t.co/eKHfQxIv38 | 11 |
| angelwolf71885 | He/Him/They free thinker | 11 |
| IsaacNaor | ⚡️Designer. Inventor. Futurist. #ConsciousnessHacker. ⚡️ Makes wonderful things with extraordinary people @ https://t.co/GoSW469xBk ✨ | 9 |
| RoflGPTBot | - | 8 |
| lonegamer78 | Research nerd, VG/manga/anime fan. Banner by @LoopyGc. RTs ≠ endorsements. 📎日本語はまだです。 Discord: lonegamer78#1163; 🐘: lonegamer78@m4st0don(.)world | 8 |
| JonDKush | RCDG COs •RE blockchain solutions for brick & mortar assets | 8 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638899277375369217 | @arstechnica Oh if it isn’t the consequences of their own actions. How many words are they going to have to ban before they realize they are making something villainous. | 46 |
| 1640843482754347011 | An updated analysis of Fermilab’s W boson data has researchers revising their previous conclusions: It looks like the particle’s mass is consistent with Standard Model predictions after all, @JenLucPiquant reports for @ArsTechnica. https://t.co/P4eBW0DRO5 | 33 |
| 1641501007850147840 | Meta—and all companies—"should respect people's choices about what they want to do with their data," EFF’s @HTsuka told @ArsTechnica. Ideally, that means asking users' permission to opt into data collection, rather than collecting it unless users opt out. https://t.co/ZbWHeA5bk3 | 26 |
| 1640706641761845250 | @arstechnica https://t.co/5TTwna1Xcd | 25 |
| 1640737913959792643 | Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices #MobileSecurity #AndroidSecurity by @arstechnica https://t.co/YCox3cQb6s | 25 |
| 1641323364206690308 | Ransomware crooks are exploiting IBM file-exchange bug with a 9.8 severity https://t.co/2J0v38DMq7 via @arstechnica cc @tk1ng @Corix_JC @archonsec @Transform_Sec @corixpartners @segundoatdell @UnfoldLabs @pettet50 @Khulood_Almani @sonu_monika @labordeolivier @enricomolinari | 11 |
| 1638677452305367040 | This 0-day bug cost crypto users a pretty penny—$1.5 million to be exact. Via @arstechnica https://t.co/ITsTjdhcEo | 11 |
| 1640843562014191616 | @JenLucPiquant @arstechnica In 2022, physicists announced that the W boson looked 0.1% heavier than the Standard Model predicted. But inconsistency with previous experiments and the complexity of the analysis made physicists wary. @walkingthedot wrote about it for Quanta last April: https://t.co/YqeocTw9m9 | 10 |
| 1641203443871227909 | Researchers are trying to endow human cells with the amazing camouflage and color-changing properties of squids’ skin cells, reports @JenLucPiquant for @ArsTechnica. https://t.co/AuBBdlLyes | 6 |
| 1640692569586774018 | “If everything can be achieved by touching the screen, then the company doesn't also have to pay for the plastic and wires that buttons are made from, nor the time it takes someone to make that into buttons or install them in a car.” 🚘 @arstechnica https://t.co/whbA7ch408 | 6 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638899277375369217 | @arstechnica Oh if it isn’t the consequences of their own actions. How many words are they going to have to ban before they realize they are making something villainous. | 1208 |
| 1640706641761845250 | @arstechnica https://t.co/5TTwna1Xcd | 228 |
| 1640843482754347011 | An updated analysis of Fermilab’s W boson data has researchers revising their previous conclusions: It looks like the particle’s mass is consistent with Standard Model predictions after all, @JenLucPiquant reports for @ArsTechnica. https://t.co/P4eBW0DRO5 | 140 |
| 1638923360221515776 | @arstechnica They are in the ‘find out’ stage I see. | 83 |
| 1638891038755508230 | @arstechnica Are they gonna play whack a mole with every prompt they don't like? Doesn't solve the problem. | 68 |
| 1641501007850147840 | Meta—and all companies—"should respect people's choices about what they want to do with their data," EFF’s @HTsuka told @ArsTechnica. Ideally, that means asking users' permission to opt into data collection, rather than collecting it unless users opt out. https://t.co/ZbWHeA5bk3 | 55 |
| 1640737913959792643 | Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices #MobileSecurity #AndroidSecurity by @arstechnica https://t.co/YCox3cQb6s | 54 |
| 1638677452305367040 | This 0-day bug cost crypto users a pretty penny—$1.5 million to be exact. Via @arstechnica https://t.co/ITsTjdhcEo | 47 |
| 1640843562014191616 | @JenLucPiquant @arstechnica In 2022, physicists announced that the W boson looked 0.1% heavier than the Standard Model predicted. But inconsistency with previous experiments and the complexity of the analysis made physicists wary. @walkingthedot wrote about it for Quanta last April: https://t.co/YqeocTw9m9 | 39 |
| 1641203443871227909 | Researchers are trying to endow human cells with the amazing camouflage and color-changing properties of squids’ skin cells, reports @JenLucPiquant for @ArsTechnica. https://t.co/AuBBdlLyes | 38 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #cybersecurity | 7 |
| #tech | 6 |
| #aws | 6 |
| #ai | 5 |
| #infosec | 4 |
| #chatgpt | 4 |
| #ml | 4 |
| #wwdc2023 | 3 |
| #apple | 3 |
| #science | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @arstechnica | 1154 |
| @jbrodkin | 45 |
| @sciguyspace | 35 |
| @ashleynbelanger | 32 |
| @jenlucpiquant | 32 |
| @benjedwards | 31 |
| @drgitlin | 30 |
| @wired | 29 |
| @elonmusk | 26 |
| @ronamadeo | 24 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
12
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 28 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 📸 | 10 | camera_with_flash |
| 👉 | 9 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
| 😂 | 6 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🙄 | 4 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 🤔 | 4 | thinking_face |
| 🚀 | 4 | rocket |
| 📈 | 3 | chart_increasing |
| 😅 | 3 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
| 👇 | 3 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 75 |
| Objects | 33 |
| People & Body | 24 |
| Travel & Places | 12 |
| Symbols | 4 |