using human filters to make social media data useful
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Making social media data useful with human filters
Hello I’m Andrew Walker from @Tweetminster
www.electionista.comwww.tweetminster.co.uk
Social media is a rich source of data – but
it’s useless until you define basic human
filters to explain it
See, I’m the fire hoseAnd everybody knowsThat I’ll knock you downAnd kick that ass
Without human filters, social media data is thermal data, i.e. a theoretical average
Temp = 10°
That means doing anything with that data is more complex than that… because the relationships the data describes are more complex than that:
Temp =
Within the firehose we look
for influencers, but influence is a
self-referencing paradox.
It’s numberspam
UKIP Influences mainstream politics…
… but lacks political influence
Do we mean fame or influence?Depends on the context….
And who really cares anyway?
It’s Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle…
…there’s a fundamental limit to the precision of understanding complimentary variables.
(Sort of)
…until you apply some
simple human filters to your
sample and intent
Human filters let the data ask and answer the questions for you…
Q: what was the biggest event of the German election campaign?
Human filters show patterns than enable strategic planning…
Q: How does the electoral news cycle differ from the daily political news cycle?
Human filters explain local social factors…
Q: What’s the temperature of politics in Australia vs. Germany
Human filters define different categories of the same thing…
Q: Is politics all the same? What kind of election is this?
Official Party 13%
Gov. Depts 14%
News Media 16%
News Media Blogs 16%
Blogs 19%
Campaign / NGO 22%
Official PartyGov. DeptsNews MediaNews Media BlogsBlogsCampaign / NGO
Human filters explain the nature of influence in context e.g. the quality vs. quantity paradox
Number of shares per article by source = quality / influence
Official Party 4%
Gov. Depts 13%
News Media 39%
News Media Blogs 13%
Blogs 23%
Campaign / NGO 9%
Number of mentions per source = Variety & volume, not influence
but it works
It ain’t Bieber
Thanks
The most important part of social media is the social
bit, so if you want to chat…
I’m @killdozer
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