Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @leninology
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
364
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-29
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
There is a debate occurring on Twitter regarding the rewriting of history related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some individuals believe that the official account of the pandemic is incorrect and needs to be rewritten, while others argue against this stance. The Guardian has published responses from both sides of the debate. There is also criticism of certain journalists and publications, and calls for open and reasoned debate. Additionally, there is discussion of trade-offs related to pandemic responses, including the effects on mental health and social harms of lockdowns.
Topic Modeling
- Burgeoning nonsense industry seeking to rewrite the history of the pandemic
- The need for a right to reply and stifling debate as an assault on democracy
- Criticism of the official account of the pandemic and the need for rewriting Covid history
- Debate around the effects of lockdowns and trade-offs with social and economic harms
- Criticism of specific individuals and media outlets involved in the pandemic discourse
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, including frustration, anger, and disappointment towards the way the pandemic is being depicted and the lack of debate and discussion surrounding it. Some Twitter users criticize the official account and argue that it needs to be rewritten to reflect reality, while others defend their work and demand the right to reply. There is also a sense of sarcasm and humor in some tweets, while others express concern for the impact of lockdowns and vaccines on mental health and social issues. Overall, there is a strong desire for a more open and reasoned debate on the pandemic and its implications.
Trend Analysis
- The debate on the history of the COVID-19 pandemic
- The response to an article by @leninology
- The critiques of capitalism and the impact of the pandemic on the economy
- Criticism of lockdowns and their effects on mental health and social harms
- The call for reasoned, public debate on COVID-19 response and trade-offs
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
63
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Number of Original tweets
20
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
364
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
275
Percentage of total tweets
75%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
23
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
9
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 191 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 86 |
| Twitter for Android | 75 |
| Twitter for iPad | 9 |
| TweetDeck | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeorgeMonbiot | George Monbiot | The corpse at every wedding, the bride at every funeral. | 562,602 |
| Natures_Voice | RSPB | Protecting habitats, saving species, and helping to end the nature and climate emergency. Nature is in crisis. Together we can save it. 💙 | 430,757 |
| AllisonPearson | Allison Pearson | Telegraph columnist, apprentice mother, words nut, author How Hard Can It Be? Follows anyone from Wales. | 130,574 |
| tomselliott | Tom Elliott | Biased. Journalist. Telegram: https://t.co/lpowB2yrIb Founder: Grabien, The Pub, NewsLists & BioSpa | 126,856 |
| parismarx | Paris Marx | critic of tech futures | host @techwontsaveus | writer of disconnect | “road to nowhere” is out now: https://t.co/5m15LZT2Yr | they/he | @parismarx@mastodon.online | 42,403 |
| meadwaj | James Meadway | Council member @PEF_online. Former advisor to Shadow Chancellor. Mastodon: meadwaj@econtwitter.net. Macrodose podcast, every Weds: https://t.co/ZfBbXTBimD | 34,106 |
| SelfHarmRes | Professor Ellen Townsend | PI, Self-Harm Research Group at University of Nottingham. Views all own. Co-PI UKRI Programme: Digital Youth https://t.co/WWJDW5Yf1M | 21,476 |
| g_shullenberger | Geoff Shullenberger | Managing editor @compactmag_. Writing @tnajournal, @AmericanAffrs, @ChronicleReview, @dcexaminer etc. Podcast/blog: @OutsiderTheory. | 18,783 |
| MGSchmelzer | Matthias Schmelzer | Economic historian • Author HEGEMONY OF GROWTH @CambridgeUP and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH @VersoBooks • Mastodon: @MatthiasSchmelzer@mastodon.world | 18,431 |
| citizenjournos_ | Citizen Journalists | OSINT Investigators, Citizen Journalists | 17,857 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| AllisonPearson | Allison Pearson | Telegraph columnist, apprentice mother, words nut, author How Hard Can It Be? Follows anyone from Wales. | 22,108 |
| meadwaj | James Meadway | Council member @PEF_online. Former advisor to Shadow Chancellor. Mastodon: meadwaj@econtwitter.net. Macrodose podcast, every Weds: https://t.co/ZfBbXTBimD | 11,998 |
| marionste | Marion Steggles | I Retweet what I think my followers may find interesting. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements. I support Johnny Depp. | 11,508 |
| evansmithhist | Evan Smith | Academic/Writer • History/Politics/Criminology • Political extremism, borders & 'no platform' • Oz/UK • Pieces in @Guardian @Jacobin @TimesHigherEd • He/him | 10,265 |
| nashville_brook | Brook Hines 🌸 got the existential willies | 🌸 Progression Partnership 🌸 not for everybody 🌸 my back prolly hurts 🦠 vaccine injured | 8,962 |
| NealMcTaggart | Neal McTaggart | Artist, Socialist, #GreenNewDeal #joinaunion #BDS 🇵🇸 | 7,639 |
| MadamMiaow | Anna Chen | London-born Chinese Brit poet, writer, broadcaster. Wrote & presented programmes for BBC R4 when it was good. Sui generis. Trailblazer. Terracotta Worrier. | 6,458 |
| HughJaeger | Hugh Jaeger | Bus, train, tram. Wind, wave, tide, solar, geothermal. No HS2, RIS2 or nuclear. Free Belarus, Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet, West Papua. http://hughjaeger.wordpress | 5,948 |
| tates5a | TRANSform | Let's TRANSform society for the better! Advocate for #MedicareForAll. Free speech & civil liberties activist. #AntiWar #EastPalestine #FreeAssange #GreenParty | 5,030 |
| poupouchik | Poupouchik | Human | 5,011 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Jonatha65255939 | - | 16 |
| BLOODYBRADMUSIC | nb/disabled/commie/adult ADHD diagnosed/amen break for life/he/him/they/power in a union | 11 |
| HealthUntoDeath | Not even one of the better known clowns. Philosopher/writer. Email: tomwhyman@googlemail.com | 10 |
| toby00green | Historian of West Africa & Covid. Books: Fistful of Shells, Covid Consensus. Internationalist. Left lockdown critical. Grows veg. @kingshistory, @collateralglbl | 8 |
| TAH_Sci | Professor of Mathematical Sciences. Views own & open for revision. Mainly COVID plus other modelling & data science in health. | 7 |
| battleforeurope | Husband │ dad │ journalist │ writer │ socialist. New book just out: “The Covid Consensus”. Columnist: @unherd, @compactmag_. Substack: https://t.co/djlQ6gBaTI. | 7 |
| DryCappucinno | Failed musician, coffee snob, Business Psychologist, recovered corporate animal - shape-shifted into Garden Designer, Coach, PT denial debunker and sense maker | 7 |
| jewssf | My name is Mark Elf. Palestine is still the issue. Honesty is the best policy. Ethnic cleansing is the worst. Zionism is racism. | 6 |
| johnpmerrick | Writer: Baffler, NLR, Jacobin, Guardian etc. Editing Raphael Samuel's essays. Editor: @versobooks johnphilipmerrick@gmail.com / john@verso.co.uk | 6 |
| MonkmanFranz | - | 6 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638962545372585986 | A powerful and well-evidenced column by @leninology on the burgeoning nonsense industry seeking to rewrite the history of the pandemic. Yet again, we should resist the urge to believe self-justifying fairytales. https://t.co/J2SEfkHUpA | 60 |
| 1639535560241946624 | Seeing as @guardian haven't published our reply to the piece by @leninology , @battleforeurope & I are publishing it here in this thread. Stifling debate is a further assault on the basis of democracy. We hope for a change of heart, and a right to reply.🧵 | 53 |
| 1640809280352800792 | Yes, the Covid history *does* need to be rewritten, because the official account is bullcrap. Our response to @leninology’s hatchet job of our book in The Guardian. https://t.co/6TooG5X4a1 | 33 |
| 1640778092347006981 | @guardian has now published our letter in response to @leninology : https://t.co/Lo7UufmCwb It is great to see that a debate can finally be had. Tks to everyone here to help make this case. | 17 |
| 1640249033729122304 | “The arguments made by lockdown sceptics don’t help anyone seriously committed to working through the trade-offs, because they consistently misstate the facts in order to minimise the disease.” — @leninology https://t.co/LA3AgoDAir | 17 |
| 1639210507608690688 | This is a very necessary intervention from @leninology on the outrageous pseudoscientific, paranoid revisionism by the likes of Green and Fazi https://t.co/yCK07wobQH | 11 |
| 1639006053995036672 | The pandemic according to @leninology. https://t.co/DQdYgQOm1T https://t.co/o1oDkl6iBc | 10 |
| 1638511781952864257 | Thanks @Gareth_Dale for including ours in your list of best 5 📘 on degrowth, with @koheisaito0131 @pendergrassdrew @leninology. "On my shelf, there are many outstanding books on degrowth... But one with the most coffee stains is this one." @VersoBooks https://t.co/iacgs4PKhh | 10 |
| 1638973513993187337 | Excellent article by @leninology on the unsupported claims of some Unherd/Compact hacks (aka the lockdown sceptic "left"). https://t.co/VX5xBT6vyv | 7 |
| 1640781259436597256 | "Seymour claims that capitalism was suspended for a while during the Covid response – which would be news to the world’s billionaires, whose wealth increased by over $4tn in 2020 alone." @toby00green and @battleforeurope lay down challenge to @leninology https://t.co/v1pvN0JwOB | 7 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638962545372585986 | A powerful and well-evidenced column by @leninology on the burgeoning nonsense industry seeking to rewrite the history of the pandemic. Yet again, we should resist the urge to believe self-justifying fairytales. https://t.co/J2SEfkHUpA | 199 |
| 1639535560241946624 | Seeing as @guardian haven't published our reply to the piece by @leninology , @battleforeurope & I are publishing it here in this thread. Stifling debate is a further assault on the basis of democracy. We hope for a change of heart, and a right to reply.🧵 | 179 |
| 1640809280352800792 | Yes, the Covid history *does* need to be rewritten, because the official account is bullcrap. Our response to @leninology’s hatchet job of our book in The Guardian. https://t.co/6TooG5X4a1 | 126 |
| 1639006053995036672 | The pandemic according to @leninology. https://t.co/DQdYgQOm1T https://t.co/o1oDkl6iBc | 75 |
| 1640778092347006981 | @guardian has now published our letter in response to @leninology : https://t.co/Lo7UufmCwb It is great to see that a debate can finally be had. Tks to everyone here to help make this case. | 65 |
| 1638511781952864257 | Thanks @Gareth_Dale for including ours in your list of best 5 📘 on degrowth, with @koheisaito0131 @pendergrassdrew @leninology. "On my shelf, there are many outstanding books on degrowth... But one with the most coffee stains is this one." @VersoBooks https://t.co/iacgs4PKhh | 48 |
| 1639538945108111362 | @toby00green @guardian @leninology @battleforeurope It was so clearly a hatchet job, demanded because the original piece praised yours and Thomas’s book. Bit like the zeynep response to cochrane: the guardian are balls deep in what they’ve published. the article was so awful it was funny. | 44 |
| 1640781259436597256 | "Seymour claims that capitalism was suspended for a while during the Covid response – which would be news to the world’s billionaires, whose wealth increased by over $4tn in 2020 alone." @toby00green and @battleforeurope lay down challenge to @leninology https://t.co/v1pvN0JwOB | 42 |
| 1640249033729122304 | “The arguments made by lockdown sceptics don’t help anyone seriously committed to working through the trade-offs, because they consistently misstate the facts in order to minimise the disease.” — @leninology https://t.co/LA3AgoDAir | 41 |
| 1638945654255788053 | Fantastic review of our book by @leninology in The Guardian! 😂 https://t.co/WUXsHXH29H | 39 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #13 | 3 |
| #thetwitteringmachine | 2 |
| #covid | 1 |
| #suspendingcapitalismforawhile | 1 |
| #kochnetwork | 1 |
| #suspendedcapitalism | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @leninology | 366 |
| @georgemonbiot | 85 |
| @battleforeurope | 65 |
| @toby00green | 46 |
| @guardian | 27 |
| @johnpmerrick | 25 |
| @healthuntodeath | 16 |
| @thepopularpod | 12 |
| @aaronbastani | 12 |
| @rachshabi | 12 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
12
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😂 | 7 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 👏 | 4 | clapping_hands |
| ✒️ | 4 | black_nib |
| 📘 | 2 | blue_book |
| 🧵 | 2 | thread |
| 🤪 | 2 | zany_face |
| 🔶 | 2 | large_orange_diamond |
| 🤷♂️ | 2 | man_shrugging |
| 🤡 | 1 | clown_face |
| 🌍 | 1 | globe_showing_Europe-Africa |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 18 |
| People & Body | 14 |
| Objects | 6 |
| Symbols | 3 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Travel & Places | 1 |