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Tweeting the Bible Stephen Smith BibleTech 2010 March 26, 2010

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Tweeting the Bible. Stephen Smith BibleTech 2010 March 26, 2010. Methodology. Twitter Search and Stream APIs “I like John 3:16 ” “I like 1 Jn 3:16 ” Simple statistical analysis “Quality is Job 1 ” “Time 4 Matt 2 go to bed” www.openbible.info/realtime. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Tweeting the Bible

Stephen SmithBibleTech 2010March 26, 2010

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Methodology

• Twitter Search and Stream APIs– “I like John 3:16”– “I like 1 Jn 3:16”

• Simple statistical analysis– “Quality is Job 1”– “Time 4 Matt 2 go to bed”

• www.openbible.info/realtime

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Key Stats: Apr 7, 2009-Feb 28, 2010

2,292,836 tweets

340,564 authors

16,580,449 verses referenced

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Tweets per Day Citing the Bible

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Cumulative Tweets Citing the Bible

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Composition of Tweets, per Day

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Percentage Composition of Tweets per Month

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Number of Tweets per Author

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Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author (Detail)

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Authors by Location

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Number of Authors by U.S. County

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Number of Authors by U.S. State

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Number of Authors by Country (excluding U.S.)

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Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author (Detail)

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Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author

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#1 Bible Tweeter

faithclubdotnet88,576 tweets9,203 retweets2,814 followers

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Three Top Retweeted Authors

RevRunWisdom69 tweets31,571 retweets850,000 followers

JohnPiper444 tweets13,493 retweets64,000 followers

RickWarren202 tweets15,539 retweets83,000 followers

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Retweets by U.S. County

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Retweets by Country (excluding U.S.)

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Top 30 Popular Verses

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Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions

1. Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets

2. Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets

3. Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

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Explicitly Cited Translations, Percentage by Day

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Explicitly Cited Translations, Percentage by Month

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Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions

1. Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets

2. Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets

3. Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

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Bible Sites Linked to, by Day

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Linked Translations, Percentage by Day

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Linked Translations, Percentage by Month

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Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions

1. Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets

2. Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets

3. Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

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Ambiguous Translation Overlap

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Derived Translations, Percentage by Day

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Derived Translations, Percentage by Month

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Percentage of Translations Reproducible from Tweets

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Reproducible Parts of Translations

ESV

HCSB

KJV

MSG

NASB

NIV

NKJV

NLT

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NASB Cross-References (95,000)

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NASB Cross-References (95,000)

Axis

Halo

Trident

Prophets

Gospels

Revelation

Proverbs

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ESV Cross-References (80,000)

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NIV Cross-References (55,000)

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Twitter Cross-References (20,000)

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Twitter Cross-References (20,000)

Axis

Proverbs

Gospels

Revelation

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Haiti“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”Psalm 34:18 NIV

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Obama“Let his days be few; let another take his office.” Psalm 109:8 NASB

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New Moon

“Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.”Isaiah 1:14 NIV

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