Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @TheSpec
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
1,110
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a range of topics including the three year anniversary of working at TheSpec newspaper, criticism of healthcare staffing levels and government funding, struggles facing hospitals in Hamilton, controversy over developer ties to Niagara-on-the-Lake town hall, initiatives to bring vacant units back online for affordable housing, and a hunger strike at McMaster University calling for action on climate change. There are also mentions of the Sunshine List and bike lane projects in Hamilton.
Topic Modeling
- Healthcare crisis in Ontario
- Local news stories related to Hamilton
- Climate change and activism
- City infrastructure and development
- Media and journalism
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from gratitude and appreciation to frustration and anger. Several tweets express gratitude for working and living in Hamilton and for the individuals who have shared their stories. However, many tweets express frustration and anger towards the lack of staff in Hamilton hospitals and the government's handling of healthcare. Some tweets also express disappointment towards government officials for their role in the healthcare crisis and call for change. Additionally, several tweets focus on issues related to the environment and climate change, with a mix of both hope and frustration expressed.
Trend Analysis
- Healthcare crisis in Ontario, blaming government for staff shortages and unsafe working conditions
- Hamilton local news and events, including affordable housing and hospital staffing
- Climate emergency protests and divestment movements
- Investigative journalism exposing financial mismanagement and political corruption
- Transportation and infrastructure issues in Hamilton, including bike lanes and road closures
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
288
Percentage of total tweets
25%
Number of Original tweets
213
Percentage of total tweets
19%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
1,110
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
570
Percentage of total tweets
51%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
58
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
235
Percentage of total tweets
21%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 399 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 347 |
| Twitter for Android | 274 |
| Twitter for iPad | 74 |
| Meltwater Social | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| dianefrancis1 | Diane Francis | SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER https://t.co/k5c1OU1efV | 226,638 |
| NKossovan | Nick Kossovan | #Columnist | #WritingCommunity | @canadanewsmedia, @ScrumNews, @themonitor_333 & @troymedia | #Coffee ☕ aficionado | Unapologetic | Proud mangia-cake | #Toronto | 158,225 |
| TheSpec | Hamilton Spectator | Headlines, alerts + comments from Hamilton Spectator. Use #HamOnt to join the conversation. 1-800-263-6902 | Subscribe: https://t.co/utevkvkbUo | 133,393 |
| DFisman | David Fisman | Air: it’s the new poop. "Viruses are just as small as oxygen"--Keith Tireless advocate of bridge vs. catapult RCT to inform safe river crossing. | 128,587 |
| RussDiabo | Russ Diabo | Kahnawake Mohawk, Indigenous Policy Analyst. Editor & Publisher of the First Nations Strategic Bulletin. 2018 AFN National Chief Candidate. | 34,081 |
| morninglive | Morning Live | Tune in weekdays from 6 to 10 AM EST for your daily dose of news, information & entertainment. Watch live online at https://t.co/WWqh2cq59t Retweets are not endors | 32,922 |
| UniforTheUnion | Unifor | Unifor is a Canadian union with a modern, inclusive approach to serving members and improving our workplaces and communities. | 26,141 |
| JoeyColeman | Joey Coleman | Hamiltonian, publisher of https://t.co/QQon0A34Go I cover Hamilton City Hall with reader support. | 18,461 |
| alandrummond2 | alan drummond | M.D.,C.M (McGill '78), Rural Physician, Coroner, Emergency Medicine Advocate @CAEP_Docs, Underemployed Sommelier (DipWSET) and Father of Triplets. | 18,215 |
| rk70534 | Raimo Kangasniemi | A useless humanist with a love for art, astronomy, history, literature, science, human rights and social justice. I hate oppression. https://t.co/S8BzUeLNKZ | 17,583 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| dianefrancis1 | Diane Francis | SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK NEWSLETTER https://t.co/k5c1OU1efV | 126,689 |
| NKossovan | Nick Kossovan | #Columnist | #WritingCommunity | @canadanewsmedia, @ScrumNews, @themonitor_333 & @troymedia | #Coffee ☕ aficionado | Unapologetic | Proud mangia-cake | #Toronto | 71,252 |
| rk70534 | Raimo Kangasniemi | A useless humanist with a love for art, astronomy, history, literature, science, human rights and social justice. I hate oppression. https://t.co/S8BzUeLNKZ | 19,346 |
| DFisman | David Fisman | Air: it’s the new poop. "Viruses are just as small as oxygen"--Keith Tireless advocate of bridge vs. catapult RCT to inform safe river crossing. | 13,874 |
| BoomertoBoomerO | BoomertoBoomerOnline | ‘Boomertoboomeronline’ FamilyCaregiver's Support #Alzheimer's #Dementia. Find us on FB too: https://t.co/6ZF2CSZ3 | 13,280 |
| JeffreyLuscombe | Jeffrey Luscombe | Called “one of LGBT fiction’s brightest new stars" by HuffPost. New novel TO REFRAIN FROM EMBRACING coming 2023 from Lethe Press. Gay. Ojibwe ancestry🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | 11,171 |
| Enigmaticjones | Enigma Jones | Living in the best city in the world. Proud to be a Canadian 🇨🇦 #resist #wethenorth #blacklivesmatter #GETYOURSHOT #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 | 10,961 |
| _Pehicc | PehiccⓋ | Identical twin. Love animals MUCH more than humans! Will speak up for ALL animals until my very last breath. ⓋVeganⓋ 🤜🌱🤛 https://t.co/bkq9hCPmTK | 10,410 |
| FireyTopaz | 🌻🇺🇦💙💛𝕵𝖆𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖂𝖔𝖑𝖋𝖊💛💙🇺🇦🌻 | Progressive, atheist, cat lover. I'm also on Mastodon😊 MysticaRose@mstdn.social 🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🌻 | 9,334 |
| CCDISocial | Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion | Trusted advisor for #diversity, #equity, and #inclusion in Canada. | Conseiller de confiance pour la #diversité, l'#équité et l'#inclusion au Canada. | 8,807 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| CHHSenior | Peter Llewellyn. Political Lefty He/Him Secular Humanist 😀😺🖖🌈🏳️🌈Ally BLM A CityHousing Hamilton Tenant 🇨🇦🇬🇧 | 69 |
| validpoint5 | Critical thinker,love my hometown,seekeroftruth,comments are my own | 26 |
| GrantRants | Investigative journalist Hamilton Spectator https://t.co/k6DcsiQRPN formerly https://t.co/wkelrDGxfn investigations and @StCatStandard PGP Key: https://t.co/FSSmHOBiEs glafleche@torstar.ca | 26 |
| ImSorryHamilton | it's called common sense. Heard of it? | 26 |
| jfrketich | Health Reporter at The Hamilton Spectator. Send story ideas to jfrketich@thespec.com | 21 |
| srpska007 | “And if you don’t know, now you know….” | 16 |
| Steveninformed | - | 13 |
| fallonhewitt_ | reporter @TheSpec | @HumberJSchool alum | big fan of biking + thrifting | always anxious | 💖💜💙 | fhewitt@torstar.ca | rt ≠ endorsement + views = my own | 12 |
| Nancy_Crouse | Taurus, May 10/56 Retired and PTSD/C-PTSD Advocate🇨🇦🏳️🌈🐶🐶🇺🇳 | 10 |
| DaveChr23689030 | - | 10 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638505231464951808 | Shame on @fordnation and his MPPs @NeilLumsdenMPP @SkellyHamilton This death was preventable. Conservatives are starving the #Ontario public healthcare system. https://t.co/cUI0PD1cgY via @thespec #HamOnt | 90 |
| 1639603865124257792 | Hamilton’s hospitals are short more than 2,000 staff. Nevertheless, the hospital will end a temporary measure to pay staff double time to work on their days off because it's not sustainable. #HamOnt https://t.co/NtDVJsCCTu via @thespec | 66 |
| 1641022778856861696 | Niagara-on-the-Lake town hall mum after councillor received $10K in cash from developer https://t.co/ahjbnGMK8t via @thespec | 59 |
| 1639428554403266561 | Hamilton’s Sunshine List: St. Joe’s spent $1.9 million on leaders including former CEO who hasn't worked there in 2 years, researcher tops the #HamOnt list for 6th year in a row and city's top-paid nurse made $238,783. Lists for each sector https://t.co/jxgPKB3pdq via @thespec | 30 |
| 1638578421038039042 | B’nai Brith assertion about #BDS is false. Letter in today’s @TheSpec https://t.co/5y8qwWq5cS | 25 |
| 1638834396685008899 | @TheSpec @jfrketich Blame doesn't fall at the feet of staff. THIS is the crisis healthcare workers have been screaming about for the past year. We're not responsible for dangerous staffing levels, overcrowded ER's and unsafe working conditions. Blame Ford and Jones. | 23 |
| 1640346022323838976 | Press Release: https://t.co/1gPCwkaIsj @cbcradio @CBCSunday @CBC @SDiGiuseppeLaw @TorontoStar @TheSpec @CTVKitchener @CBCHamilton @CHCHNews @CHCHTV | 17 |
| 1639247271224115203 | Hamilton’s hospitals are short more than 2,000 staff. Nevertheless, the hospital will end a temporary measure to pay staff double time to work on their days off because it's not sustainable. #HamOnt https://t.co/NtDVJsCCTu via @thespec | 16 |
| 1640341634981175297 | Missing the story on Indigenous rights https://t.co/WkuaYlj95A via @thespec | 16 |
| 1638964967062872065 | Thank you @TheSpec for publishing our Op-Ed. It's day 4 of our hunger strike and students are hungrey for change. https://t.co/n1NqZygrD4 #ClimateEmergency #HamOnt #onpoli | 12 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1641466233345245184 | And just like that, today marks three years at @TheSpec. Sending a big thank you to everyone who has shared their story with me or lent me their ear for questions. Working and living in #HamOnt has truly been a dream come true. 🗞️💝🥹 https://t.co/Pmik2DtQd4 | 165 |
| 1638834396685008899 | @TheSpec @jfrketich Blame doesn't fall at the feet of staff. THIS is the crisis healthcare workers have been screaming about for the past year. We're not responsible for dangerous staffing levels, overcrowded ER's and unsafe working conditions. Blame Ford and Jones. | 118 |
| 1639603865124257792 | Hamilton’s hospitals are short more than 2,000 staff. Nevertheless, the hospital will end a temporary measure to pay staff double time to work on their days off because it's not sustainable. #HamOnt https://t.co/NtDVJsCCTu via @thespec | 115 |
| 1638505231464951808 | Shame on @fordnation and his MPPs @NeilLumsdenMPP @SkellyHamilton This death was preventable. Conservatives are starving the #Ontario public healthcare system. https://t.co/cUI0PD1cgY via @thespec #HamOnt | 115 |
| 1638578421038039042 | B’nai Brith assertion about #BDS is false. Letter in today’s @TheSpec https://t.co/5y8qwWq5cS | 68 |
| 1641022778856861696 | Niagara-on-the-Lake town hall mum after councillor received $10K in cash from developer https://t.co/ahjbnGMK8t via @thespec | 60 |
| 1641417334215651333 | Now THIS is a @TheSpec headline I've been waiting a decade to see! Thank you councillors @CameronKroetsch @NrinderWard3 for your outstanding leadership!! You are actually making good things happen for Hamilton #affordablehousing #hamont #cityBUILDING https://t.co/lQ5Ld6SX1k | 55 |
| 1641389259973173249 | CityHousing Hamilton has $5.7M plan to bring 476 empty units back online https://t.co/ArthxE3aKM via @thespec: Vacant units that need no more than painting/cleaning sit empty for 12 to 24 months due to Bureaucratic Inertia | 49 |
| 1639428554403266561 | Hamilton’s Sunshine List: St. Joe’s spent $1.9 million on leaders including former CEO who hasn't worked there in 2 years, researcher tops the #HamOnt list for 6th year in a row and city's top-paid nurse made $238,783. Lists for each sector https://t.co/jxgPKB3pdq via @thespec | 43 |
| 1638836706949451779 | @TheSpec @jfrketich @SylviaJonesMPP @fordnation blood on your hands. Disgusting. | 38 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #hamont | 169 |
| #onpoli | 23 |
| #ontario | 8 |
| #cdnpoli | 4 |
| #opinion | 4 |
| #climateemergency | 4 |
| #burlon | 3 |
| #budget2023 | 3 |
| #healthcare | 3 |
| #opioidepidemic | 2 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @thespec | 1114 |
| @jfrketich | 124 |
| @teviahmoro | 78 |
| @chhsenior | 53 |
| @fordnation | 44 |
| @fallonhewitt_ | 41 |
| @mattatthespec | 30 |
| @mcmasteru | 26 |
| @chchnews | 22 |
| @mountainnews | 22 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
22
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 👉 | 49 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
| 👇 | 33 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 👍 | 11 | thumbs_up |
| ⭕ | 10 | hollow_red_circle |
| 😡 | 8 | enraged_face |
| 💔 | 7 | broken_heart |
| 🤡 | 6 | clown_face |
| 😳 | 6 | flushed_face |
| 🤬 | 5 | face_with_symbols_on_mouth |
| 🙄 | 5 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| People & Body | 121 |
| Smileys & Emotion | 83 |
| Travel & Places | 14 |
| Symbols | 12 |
| Objects | 12 |
| Food & Drink | 4 |
| Flags | 3 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Animals & Nature | 1 |