Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @Mermaids_Gender
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
302
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-16
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-25
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Mermaids is a UK-based organization advocating for gender diversity, including support for transgender youth, but has faced criticism for its practices and associations, including allegations of promoting castration and allowing a self-described pedophile on its board. Some tweets promote donating to Mermaids or share positive experiences with the organization, while others criticize its stance on issues like trans athletes in sports and the inclusion of the T in LGBTQ+. The organization has also published a report on barriers faced by trans youth in sports, which it seeks to address.
Topic Modeling
- Support and advocacy for the transgender community
- Criticism of Mermaids organization and its actions
- Charity fundraising and events benefiting Mermaids
- Debate around transgender athletes and their participation in sports
- Controversies and concerns surrounding Mermaids and its staff
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from support and gratitude towards @Mermaids_Gender for their work in advocating for trans rights and supporting trans individuals in need, to anger and criticisms towards the organization for their alleged ties to controversial individuals and beliefs, and for their stance on trans athletes in sports. Some tweets express concern and empathy for trans youth facing barriers in sports and other areas of life, while others accuse @Mermaids_Gender of lying or promoting harmful medical treatments. The overall emotional tone is mixed and reflects the complex and controversial nature of trans rights issues.
Trend Analysis
- Support and promotion of @Mermaids_Gender as an LGBTQ+ organization
- Criticism and controversy surrounding @Mermaids_Gender's associations and actions
- Advocacy for trans rights and inclusion in sports
- Personal experiences and anecdotes related to @Mermaids_Gender and trans issues
- Calls for accountability and transparency regarding @Mermaids_Gender's practices
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
77
Percentage of total tweets
25%
Number of Original tweets
26
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
302
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
176
Percentage of total tweets
58%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
44
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
32
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 102 |
| Twitter for Android | 95 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 94 |
| Twitter for iPad | 7 |
| TweetDeck Web App | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| TheBMA | The BMA | We are the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the UK. | 165,019 |
| MForstater | Maya Forstater | Worthy of respect in a democratic society https://t.co/0GqfUvhf2t | 73,544 |
| ShamirBailey | Shamir | 28, musician, actor, comedian, singer, rapper, producer, chef, writer, filmmaker, skinny fat ass. DEMON | 57,115 |
| TransActualUK | Trans Actual | Advocating, informing and empowering. By trans people, for trans people. Press: press.transactualuk@gmail.com Social media policy: https://t.co/TrPeZVZK04 | 36,165 |
| RedPeppermag | Red Pepper | 🌶 Spicing up the left since 1995. Issue #239 'Flight, Fight, Remain' is out now! Subscribe for £3 a month https://t.co/iWSngnUP6E | 35,056 |
| Smartsheet | Smartsheet | Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR) is a modern work management platform that empowers companies of all sizes to scale and deliver value as business requirements evolve. | 27,705 |
| CuriouswithJVN | Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness | Gorgeously expanding on the topics covered on the podcast Getting Curious with @JVN — What gets you curious? 🌈 | 15,486 |
| StoatlyL | 🦕 Stoat 🟥 No to Self ID 🟥 #SexMatters🦖 | Women's rights. Child safeguarding. Member of @tribunaltweets 🦕 Ermine Amies s212 Equality Act 2010: Woman is a female of any age. @NorfolkWomen | 15,109 |
| ndawards | National Diversity Awards | #NDA23 | An annual prestigious black tie event, which celebrates the excellent achievements of grass-root communities across the UK. | 14,886 |
| coccinellanovem | 💚🤍💜Hoardosaurus 💚🤍💜 | Gender Atheist Bisexual Crone ♿ More research/better care for #Dysphoric & trans IDing kids & detrans adults. Follow @genspect @MyBodyIsMeBooks @2020affirmation | 13,301 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| brightsider123 | Helen #TacticalVoter #GTTO🌻🇺🇦🕊🙏 | #Progressivealliance, Trans Ally, Ally of Minority groups in general. Definitely Woke (normally at about 7.30am). | 11,712 |
| StoatlyL | 🦕 Stoat 🟥 No to Self ID 🟥 #SexMatters🦖 | Women's rights. Child safeguarding. Member of @tribunaltweets 🦕 Ermine Amies s212 Equality Act 2010: Woman is a female of any age. @NorfolkWomen | 11,606 |
| dianeraucher | diane raucher😷✡️🍩 🥀VOTE BLUE! NO Brogressives | Pragmatic liberal democrat & disabled RN. Happily divorced. Secular Humanist Jew. Fully vaxxed. I block “do something” Twitter. Exhausted Caregiver so NO DM’s. | 10,011 |
| orridge_anna | Anna Orridge 📕 @GreyElm@mastodon.online | Eco-harpy, horror enthusiast and scribbler. Corvid enthusiast. Winner of Hot poets competition and #micropoem21 she/her 🌍🖌 | 9,640 |
| JessHealyWalton | Jessica Walton | Writer (TV GET KRACKIN! ep2.3 / Graphic Novel STARS IN THEIR EYES / Picture Book INTRODUCING TEDDY), Speaker @BkdOut. They/Them. @jesshealywalton@aus.social | 9,526 |
| MForstater | Maya Forstater | Worthy of respect in a democratic society https://t.co/0GqfUvhf2t | 9,450 |
| lifeafterdawn | Dawn Ennis (She/Her/Hers) | ✡ @thedailybeast @ctvoicemag @losangelesblade @outmagazine @startrek @UofHart Professor, Mom, @Mets fan Previously: @Forbes @advocatemag @abc @nbcnews @cnn @cbs | 8,670 |
| coccinellanovem | 💚🤍💜Hoardosaurus 💚🤍💜 | Gender Atheist Bisexual Crone ♿ More research/better care for #Dysphoric & trans IDing kids & detrans adults. Follow @genspect @MyBodyIsMeBooks @2020affirmation | 8,068 |
| up_fem | ReasonMatters💜🤍💚 | 💜🤍💚 Australian women were angry and spoke up for our rights, they called us Nazis and now our RAGE burns bright! #LetWomenSpeak our rights are bipartisan | 5,001 |
| NJTemperton | Nigel Temperton FRSB 👨🎓🎧🇪🇺 | Professor @UniKent CoV/flu virologist, pseudotyper & geek. European federalist. Lab twitter/webpage: @ViralPseudotype https://t.co/7moMMyHYWc | 5,000 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| SandyConnell765 | People who argue tend to do it based on logic or emotion. When they argue with me they lean towards emotion cause they can't beat me with logic | 9 |
| LukePSulz | Tall, Track and Field Coach, #GaynotQueer, BSc. Physiology and Anatomy, Word, Politics, Tasmanian. | 7 |
| SummerNerdStar | She/her, Trans woman, 25 y/o, lesbian, ᏥᏣᎳᎩ, Minors DNI yall are cringe #ActuallyAutistic | 6 |
| Bexbel | Fifty-ish, flabby-ish, fun-ish, fiction scribbler... | 6 |
| TheBMA | We are the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the UK. | 5 |
| JessHealyWalton | Writer (TV GET KRACKIN! ep2.3 / Graphic Novel STARS IN THEIR EYES / Picture Book INTRODUCING TEDDY), Speaker @BkdOut. They/Them. @jesshealywalton@aus.social | 4 |
| theneonrequiem | So here's the story from A to Z, you wanna get with me, better support the LGB. Ambassador at @againstgrmrs. Tweets = my own. | 4 |
| _K_F_P_ | Reality Based Homosexual 👬 #QueerIsASlur LGB✂️T+ Woman = #AdultHumanFemale | 4 |
| 63_susan | Gender isn't an innate feeling but a tool of oppression used against females & males. Views my own. Gender/religion atheist, WC Brummie.Problematic,troublesome | 4 |
| AlexAshman | ENT surgery ST8 | @rcsnews Emerging Leaders 2023 | @UKWENTs social media rep | @PRiSM_Surgery Publicity Lead | @socialmediaAOT 2019-21 | they/them 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | 4 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1637854449690345475 | If Jimmy Savile were alive he'd be doing charity fundraisers for @Mermaids_Gender. | 119 |
| 1639255223469236224 | Mermaids is an organisation founded by a woman who took her underage gay son to Thailand to have his genitals removed because her husband didn’t want a gay son… … he’s still gay just castrated now. Recently they had a self-described pedophile on their board. @Mermaids_Gender https://t.co/jWGyRNnOCZ | 65 |
| 1638163558906118145 | 📢FRIDAY 3/31 @ 12PM EST For Trans Visibility Day I'll be starting my first playthrough of Dark Souls as a charity stream benefiting @Mermaids_Gender !! I'll have friends on to coach me and we'll see if we can hit our goal to start over with crowd control! #Vtubers #TransRights https://t.co/XwqCYBSzpC | 34 |
| 1636771371349843968 | @AlexAshman @PRiSM_Surgery @bmj_latest @bmj_company @GLADDUK @stonewalluk @Mermaids_Gender @TransActualUK @TransNHS @transgapproject @ScottishTrans The BMA’s position is that we affirm the right of all trans individuals to access healthcare that is timely, patient-centred and meets their individual needs. | 16 |
| 1639231543347486722 | Back in 2019 @TNLComFund undertook a review of their grant to @Mermaids_Gender after concerns were raised. https://t.co/4TTU7tC4Gc | 15 |
| 1639255928217165824 | There is no ban on “trans” athletes. They, like everyone else, just have to live in reality. Sex is real. It always will be. Nobody can, or does, change sex. Sport has SEX-BASED categories. @Mermaids_Gender | 13 |
| 1638606991353413633 | It's our first birthday! What started as a joking comment on discord spawned a three day convention, a Christmas party, multiple watchalongs all of which has raised over £3,100 so far for @Mermaids_Gender. We're so excited to see what the next year brings. Cheers crew 🥂🏴☠️❤️ https://t.co/fdzWUVmXmZ | 11 |
| 1638620915335307276 | If you have the means, please give to trans people in need directly or to LGBTQ+ orgs like @TransEquality, @TrevorProject, or @Mermaids_Gender. If you can’t afford to donate, sharing our stories with your friends and loved ones also helps tremendously. Thank you 💛 https://t.co/RcPGzt0f1G | 10 |
| 1637890266831921181 | Flying the flag for @PrideSportsUK with this great armband let's keep inclusion in sport talked about @RugbyLeeds @Mermaids_Gender out next generation need our support. #sport4all @medway_pride https://t.co/yLe2PR3wu4 | 9 |
| 1639320662794969088 | The fact that @stonewalluk and @Mermaids_Gender and other discredited trans organisations keep claiming to be “LGBTQ+” when they are TQ+ only is proof that the gender cult CANNOT ride without hitch-hiking on the gay train. Don’t let them. We are not aligned. #droptheT | 9 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1637854449690345475 | If Jimmy Savile were alive he'd be doing charity fundraisers for @Mermaids_Gender. | 916 |
| 1639255223469236224 | Mermaids is an organisation founded by a woman who took her underage gay son to Thailand to have his genitals removed because her husband didn’t want a gay son… … he’s still gay just castrated now. Recently they had a self-described pedophile on their board. @Mermaids_Gender https://t.co/jWGyRNnOCZ | 176 |
| 1638620915335307276 | If you have the means, please give to trans people in need directly or to LGBTQ+ orgs like @TransEquality, @TrevorProject, or @Mermaids_Gender. If you can’t afford to donate, sharing our stories with your friends and loved ones also helps tremendously. Thank you 💛 https://t.co/RcPGzt0f1G | 116 |
| 1638163558906118145 | 📢FRIDAY 3/31 @ 12PM EST For Trans Visibility Day I'll be starting my first playthrough of Dark Souls as a charity stream benefiting @Mermaids_Gender !! I'll have friends on to coach me and we'll see if we can hit our goal to start over with crowd control! #Vtubers #TransRights https://t.co/XwqCYBSzpC | 67 |
| 1639255928217165824 | There is no ban on “trans” athletes. They, like everyone else, just have to live in reality. Sex is real. It always will be. Nobody can, or does, change sex. Sport has SEX-BASED categories. @Mermaids_Gender | 61 |
| 1638606991353413633 | It's our first birthday! What started as a joking comment on discord spawned a three day convention, a Christmas party, multiple watchalongs all of which has raised over £3,100 so far for @Mermaids_Gender. We're so excited to see what the next year brings. Cheers crew 🥂🏴☠️❤️ https://t.co/fdzWUVmXmZ | 53 |
| 1637890266831921181 | Flying the flag for @PrideSportsUK with this great armband let's keep inclusion in sport talked about @RugbyLeeds @Mermaids_Gender out next generation need our support. #sport4all @medway_pride https://t.co/yLe2PR3wu4 | 47 |
| 1639320662794969088 | The fact that @stonewalluk and @Mermaids_Gender and other discredited trans organisations keep claiming to be “LGBTQ+” when they are TQ+ only is proof that the gender cult CANNOT ride without hitch-hiking on the gay train. Don’t let them. We are not aligned. #droptheT | 43 |
| 1639237601562378243 | @JamesEsses @Mermaids_Gender no, they are not excluded. You know this is true so stop playing the victim. | 41 |
| 1636771371349843968 | @AlexAshman @PRiSM_Surgery @bmj_latest @bmj_company @GLADDUK @stonewalluk @Mermaids_Gender @TransActualUK @TransNHS @transgapproject @ScottishTrans The BMA’s position is that we affirm the right of all trans individuals to access healthcare that is timely, patient-centred and meets their individual needs. | 34 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #transrightsreadathon | 5 |
| #transrights | 4 |
| #vtubers | 3 |
| #dropthet | 3 |
| #detransawareness | 2 |
| #lgbtq | 2 |
| #sport4all | 2 |
| #adangertochildren | 2 |
| #wedontcare | 1 |
| #stoptransviolence | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @mermaids_gender | 302 |
| @stonewalluk | 42 |
| @theneonrequiem | 40 |
| @lukepsulz | 32 |
| @transactualuk | 23 |
| @scottishtrans | 21 |
| @bmj_latest | 21 |
| @prism_surgery | 19 |
| @bmj_company | 19 |
| @gladduk | 19 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
32
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🧐 | 9 | face_with_monocle |
| ❤️ | 6 | red_heart |
| 🤣 | 6 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🏳️⚧️ | 5 | transgender_flag |
| 😭 | 4 | loudly_crying_face |
| 👏🏽 | 4 | clapping_hands_medium_skin_tone |
| 📢 | 3 | loudspeaker |
| 🧵 | 2 | thread |
| 🤓 | 2 | nerd_face |
| 🤑 | 2 | money-mouth_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 50 |
| People & Body | 18 |
| Flags | 10 |
| Objects | 6 |
| Travel & Places | 5 |
| Activities | 3 |
| Food & Drink | 2 |
| Animals & Nature | 2 |
| Symbols | 1 |