- The conversation using #ldsconf was ranked as high as #2 on Twitter in the US
- There were 24,600+ individual tweets, made by over 2,000 different Twitter users
- 1,123,500+ Reach (Total # of Twitter Users who follow those Tweeting)
- Top Cities outside Utah that participated in the conversation in the US are the Washington DC Area, Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Houston, Sacramento, Orlando, and Los Angeles
- Top Countries outside US that participated in the conversation are Canada, Philippines, Mexico, Chile, UK, and Guatemala
- The most discussed session was Sunday Morning with more than 6100 tweets
- Morning Sessions appeared to be a popular time to discuss
Conference Weekend - #ldsconf
For the last few years, Twitter users have been using the #ldsconf hashtag to have a global conversation during General Conference. In normal speak, a hashtag is a tag or a keyword prefixed by a hash (#) symbol that accompanies a Twitter post (tweet). The posts containing the relevant hashtag can be searched and indexed efficiently. Here are some stats for the conversation this General Conference.
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Excellent! Thank you for posting this Joel.
ReplyDelete@itdnext, is it excellent? Seems to me that most people using twitter don't pay attention as well and are to busy reading what other people are posting about rather than listening to what the prophet really has to say. How well do you REALLY listen, read, and type at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI currently am not a fan of this technology trend. I am a big fan of technology helping spread the gospel, but not so much as a distraction like it seems that it is during conference.
I paid attention the first year or so and thought it was interesting. But over time I personally found it a distraction. Had a hard time paying attention. Some absolutely love being involved. It's informally called the "Twitter Stake."
ReplyDeleteWhat do others think?
I saw quite a few tweets with the #ldsconference tag also. I wonder what we would see if we pulled information for both tags.
ReplyDeleteI've always associated it with learning styles. As the proverb goes - "one man's meat is another's poison". I wonder what Moses and Nephi would think of the way we use technology in the Church, let alone social networking.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, a lot of those tweets, at least today's, are anti. I don't know if they were present live, but if so, I wouldn't want to be interrupted by them.
ReplyDeleteHi Sara, we were tracking "ldsconf", so those should be included in this stat. We also have stats for "general conference" and several other terms that we didn't include in this specifically, but will merge at some point. "ldsconf" was by far the most used and most significant though.
ReplyDeleteI watched a couple sessions with the video on one side of my computer screen and a live stream of #ldsconf tweets on the other. Most of them were duplicative and didn't add anything to the conversation, but there were a few interesting comments and insights. During the sessions, I saw few if any negative tweets, but at a rate of 50/minute, I made no effort to read every one.
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