Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @byHeatherLong
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
201
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
There are mixed opinions on the effectiveness of the Fight for $15 minimum wage movement, with some acknowledging its success in reducing the number of workers earning less than $15/hour while others pointing out that inflation has diminished the gains. Some argue for a higher minimum wage of $20 or even $30 by a certain year, but others caution against arbitrarily raising government-fixed minimum wages, which could hurt low-income earners the most. The pandemic has also highlighted the differing leverage of high- and low-income workers, with the latter demanding higher pay. Some critics question the efficacy of bailing out banks in case of failure, arguing that it could encourage excessive risk-taking.
Topic Modeling
- Minimum wage increase
- Inflation
- Economic disparities
- Labor market
- Rebranding of the $15 movement
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, including frustration with the current minimum wage and inflation eroding its value, excitement about the possibility of raising the minimum wage, and concern about the impact of raising the minimum wage on low-income earners. Some tweets express gratitude for coverage of the topic, while others criticize the effectiveness of the Fight for $15 movement. There is also skepticism about the impact of government intervention and the accuracy of wage statistics. Overall, the tweets demonstrate a mix of hope and skepticism about the possibility of improving wages for low-income workers.
Trend Analysis
- Minimum wage debate and the Fight for $15 movement
- Inflation and its impact on wages and purchasing power
- Income inequality and the effects of pandemic on high- and low-income workers
- Economic policy and its impact on low-income earners
- Critiques and challenges to the Fight for $15 movement and its goals
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
47
Percentage of total tweets
23%
Number of Original tweets
11
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
201
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
143
Percentage of total tweets
71%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
7
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
4
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 105 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 51 |
| Twitter for Android | 32 |
| Twitter for iPad | 6 |
| SocialFlow | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOLGOP | L O L G O P | This website funds fascists *** Support red state abortion funds: https://t.co/pwbA6WXqJb **** | 326,068 |
| PostOpinions | Washington Post Opinions | Editorials, columns, guest op-eds and reader submissions from the @washingtonpost Opinions section. | 103,934 |
| FridaGhitis | Frida Ghitis | CNN CNNE Contributor, World affairs columnist: CNN Opinion, Washington Post contrib columnist, WorldPoliticsReview columnist. Frm CNN Prod/Corresp 60+countries | 56,720 |
| arindube | Arin Dube | He/him Economist. UMass Amherst, @nberpubs, Stone Foundation. Minimum Wage. Labor market competition. UI. Book project: The Wage Standard | 47,174 |
| mysteriouskat | Katherine Brodsky | Writer w/ past bylines in: Newsweek, Variety, Wired, Esquire, WashPost, etc. https://t.co/xawyqrfIJS Fuelled by free thought, curiosity, mischief & reason | 43,974 |
| wdet | WDET 101.9FM | Detroitโs NPR Station. Your connection to news, music and conversation. | 32,568 |
| meNabster | theNabster #Doom #Gloom ๐ฅโ ๏ธ | I nab the guilty who lurk in darkness of inequity & injustice. Sister account to @inabster in case @Twitter bans it. Favours Principled Constitutional Monarchy. | 29,970 |
| riwired | #ExDemocrat ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ณ | Dogs, Theater, Music, Art, Dog Training, Peace, America First, Recovered "Progressive". RT not necessarily endorsement. #Followback | 26,594 |
| MDRC_News | MDRC | Nonprofit & nonpartisan, MDRC develops & evaluates innovative antipoverty programs that improve the lives of individuals and families. Tweets by @hutchinsjohne. | 24,352 |
| wideofthepost | austerity is theft | politics | policy | soccer | & journalism also: @wideofthepost@mastodon.social | 11,715 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| meNabster | theNabster #Doom #Gloom ๐ฅโ ๏ธ | I nab the guilty who lurk in darkness of inequity & injustice. Sister account to @inabster in case @Twitter bans it. Favours Principled Constitutional Monarchy. | 32,845 |
| riwired | #ExDemocrat ๐บ๐ธ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ณ | Dogs, Theater, Music, Art, Dog Training, Peace, America First, Recovered "Progressive". RT not necessarily endorsement. #Followback | 29,399 |
| LOLGOP | L O L G O P | This website funds fascists *** Support red state abortion funds: https://t.co/pwbA6WXqJb **** | 10,123 |
| MDRC_News | MDRC | Nonprofit & nonpartisan, MDRC develops & evaluates innovative antipoverty programs that improve the lives of individuals and families. Tweets by @hutchinsjohne. | 5,871 |
| MyBestestThing | Maev_Shadowend | Disabled Retired Vet w/COPD, asthma, MS, AS, severe arthritis, etc. Love art, classic films, westerns, musicals. #ChoiceIsChoice | 5,004 |
| mikozlowski | Michael Kozlowski | I know people with private jets. Don't doxx me, bro #HasMichaelLandedYet | 5,001 |
| aaltmann | Alan Altmann | Firmware engineer with a passion for science, nature, art, music, knowledge, clear thinking, and an insatiable thirst for a better world. Lover of life. ๐บ๐ฆ | 4,996 |
| brucegordon | ๐น ((( bg ))) ๐บ๐ฆ๐๐๐บ๐ฆ | down & out in Boston and San Franciscoโฆ a campesino toiling in the electronic vineyards of Silicon Valley. Whatโs the craic? | 4,954 |
| mcclellan_atl | mark mcclellan | - | 4,835 |
| elby1 | Elbert | I am blessed to speak also French, Spanish and rusty Japanese. I take nature photos and read the news. | 4,790 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| JNavasSF | Software, network & security expert, troubled company rescue, aerospace engineer (NASA missions). | 14 |
| akanoego | it's easier to change the future than to predict it | 12 |
| MarcusMaxxon | - | 5 |
| David_Charts | Armchair economist, sci-fi fan, impressed by good data viz. | 5 |
| meNabster | I nab the guilty who lurk in darkness of inequity & injustice. Sister account to @inabster in case @Twitter bans it. Favours Principled Constitutional Monarchy. | 4 |
| mixedcircuits | Secret of Life: combine โค๏ธย & ๐ฐ ๐ | 4 |
| csicsko | Donโt try to cross a river thatโs 3ft deep on average ๐ฑAspiring plant-based life form and husband to @lcagg | 3 |
| Robotbeat | โOnly we are Earthseed. And the destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.โ โOctavia Butler (tweets don't reflect employer policy) | 3 |
| PostOpinions | Editorials, columns, guest op-eds and reader submissions from the @washingtonpost Opinions section. | 3 |
| CharliePatrick | "๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐.โ | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640174050986033156 | @fightfor15 Yes, @byHeatherLong's piece definitely gives @fightfor15 credit and talks about the possibility to aim higher. I'm going to go ahead and share the case I made in 2021 for $30 by 2030. https://t.co/xd4irLcUF5 | 5 |
| 1640136089540124675 | The number of workers below $15 has halved โ but the fight isnโt done, @byHeatherLong writes. https://t.co/SgbHvihXhe | 2 |
| 1640454794312839183 | Excellent news: the number of Americans earning less then $15 an hour has fallen by half since the beginning of the pandemic, from @byHeatherLong https://t.co/zOMe9gf3Pw | 2 |
| 1641462118959706113 | Now @byheatherlong is touting Washington, D.C.'s plan from @MayorBowser for an aggressive target of 15k new residents downtown and converting 7M sqft of converting office to residential. https://t.co/wOmu492mdk | 1 |
| 1640896873278873601 | "Job seekers increasingly donโt even search for jobs that pay less than $20 per hour. Companies have been forced to respond," @byHeatherLong writes. https://t.co/fpoD3E5pbs | 1 |
| 1640111792436420608 | @byHeatherLong "Real average hourly earnings DECREASED 1.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, from February 2022 to February 2023." BLS: https://t.co/IMKcAmJVQ8 https://t.co/ODmTCzAxMT | 1 |
| 1640152824263901184 | @byHeatherLong @arindube Every group in that graphic got smaller, so I don't see how that is sufficient to explain the narrative. It could be that there are fewer hourly workers across all pay levels, for example. | 1 |
| 1640453283255918594 | The Fight for $15 minimum wage movement might soon need a rebrand, @byHeatherLong writes. https://t.co/4ZhEw68uFG | 1 |
| 1640168926007947264 | And @byHeatherLongโs good piece has the correct conclusion that these gains need to be locked in and the floor raised for the remainder with a federal min hike. | 1 |
| 1640803825228435468 | @byHeatherLong @andrewvandam You, a silly pleb: traveling on an oversized casino boat built in Finland Me, having shrewdly exposed myself to large amounts of volatile vinyl chloride: https://t.co/fyRqvushc1 | 1 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640174050986033156 | @fightfor15 Yes, @byHeatherLong's piece definitely gives @fightfor15 credit and talks about the possibility to aim higher. I'm going to go ahead and share the case I made in 2021 for $30 by 2030. https://t.co/xd4irLcUF5 | 26 |
| 1640034835275354112 | @byHeatherLong And inflation has essentially wiped out all those gains. | 17 |
| 1640168926007947264 | And @byHeatherLongโs good piece has the correct conclusion that these gains need to be locked in and the floor raised for the remainder with a federal min hike. | 17 |
| 1640176094866296832 | @byHeatherLong @yFactr I'm sure everyone has already said this, but there has also been 20% inflation since 2019. Heck, the minimum wage in 1968 is $14/hour adjusted just for inflation. The real minimum wage has never been lower than it is now since at least 1968. https://t.co/eQPifcujMy | 12 |
| 1640454794312839183 | Excellent news: the number of Americans earning less then $15 an hour has fallen by half since the beginning of the pandemic, from @byHeatherLong https://t.co/zOMe9gf3Pw | 8 |
| 1640065025279770625 | @byHeatherLong But $15 in Feb 2023 can purchase only $12.55 of goods & services in Jan 2019. Many Americans are doing worse because of bad policies in DC. And part of problem is states arbitrarily raising their govt-fixed min wages which hurt low-income earners most. https://t.co/fMsIw0MvjD https://t.co/hUJnMEgSIy | 7 |
| 1640896873278873601 | "Job seekers increasingly donโt even search for jobs that pay less than $20 per hour. Companies have been forced to respond," @byHeatherLong writes. https://t.co/fpoD3E5pbs | 6 |
| 1640111792436420608 | @byHeatherLong "Real average hourly earnings DECREASED 1.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, from February 2022 to February 2023." BLS: https://t.co/IMKcAmJVQ8 https://t.co/ODmTCzAxMT | 6 |
| 1640044345347678208 | Really interesting point @byHeatherLong on how high- and low-income workers leveraged the pandemic differently and came out ahead: โThe wealthy demanded to work from home more, while the working class demanded higher pay.โ https://t.co/5dXfbsXJkt | 5 |
| 1640153489782489088 | @byHeatherLong ๐๐๐ (Though I think we should call it a โstrongโ labor market to give it the positive spin it deserves.) | 5 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #castrocommunist | 1 |
| #circuselection | 1 |
| #politicalprisoners | 1 |
| #financialcrisis | 1 |
| #svbcollapse | 1 |
| #federalreserve | 1 |
| #inflation | 1 |
| #debt | 1 |
| #greatrecession | 1 |
| #detroittoday | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @byheatherlong | 201 |
| @bdavis1776 | 21 |
| @akanoego | 14 |
| @jnavassf | 14 |
| @jstein_wapo | 12 |
| @washingtonpost | 7 |
| @postopinions | 7 |
| @yfactr | 7 |
| @crampell | 6 |
| @andrewvandam | 5 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
7
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ๐คฃ | 4 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| ๐ | 3 | thumbs_up |
| โ | 1 | minus |
| ๐งต | 1 | thread |
| ๐ฒ | 1 | game_die |
| ๐คนโโ๏ธ | 1 | woman_juggling |
| ๐ฐ | 1 | slot_machine |
| โ | 1 | white_question_mark |
| ๐คฆโโ๏ธ | 1 | man_facepalming |
| ๐ | 1 | cityscape_at_dusk |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 5 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 4 |
| Symbols | 3 |
| Activities | 3 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |