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Tweeting the Bible

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.

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Tweeting the Bible

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  1. Tweeting the Bible Stephen Smith BibleTech 2010 March 26, 2010

  2. 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

  3. Key Stats: Apr 7, 2009-Feb 28, 2010 2,292,836 tweets 340,564 authors 16,580,449 verses referenced

  4. Tweets per Day Citing the Bible

  5. Cumulative Tweets Citing the Bible

  6. Composition of Tweets, per Day

  7. Percentage Composition of Tweets per Month

  8. Number of Tweets per Author

  9. Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author (Detail)

  10. Authors by Location

  11. Number of Authors by U.S. County

  12. Number of Authors by U.S. State

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

  14. Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author (Detail)

  15. Number of Tweets vs. Retweets by Author

  16. #1 Bible Tweeter faithclubdotnet 88,576 tweets 9,203 retweets 2,814 followers

  17. Three Top Retweeted Authors JohnPiper 444 tweets 13,493 retweets 64,000 followers RevRunWisdom 69 tweets 31,571 retweets 850,000 followers RickWarren 202 tweets 15,539 retweets 83,000 followers

  18. Retweets by U.S. County

  19. Retweets by Country (excluding U.S.)

  20. Top 30 Popular Verses

  21. Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions • Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets • Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets • Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

  22. Explicitly Cited Translations, Percentage by Day

  23. Explicitly Cited Translations, Percentage by Month

  24. Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions • Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets • Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets • Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

  25. Bible Sites Linked to, by Day

  26. Linked Translations, Percentage by Day

  27. Linked Translations, Percentage by Month

  28. Three Ways to Identify Bible Versions • Direct citations (“Matt 5:5 NLT”)70,368 tweets • Links to Bible websites (“ref.ly/Mt5.5;NLT”)120,556 tweets • Text matching (“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”)1,303,558 tweets

  29. Ambiguous Translation Overlap

  30. Derived Translations, Percentage by Day

  31. Derived Translations, Percentage by Month

  32. Percentage of Translations Reproducible from Tweets

  33. Reproducible Parts of Translations ESV HCSB KJV MSG NASB NIV NKJV NLT

  34. NASB Cross-References (95,000)

  35. NASB Cross-References (95,000) Revelation Gospels Proverbs Prophets Axis Trident Halo

  36. ESV Cross-References (80,000)

  37. NIV Cross-References (55,000)

  38. Twitter Cross-References (20,000)

  39. Twitter Cross-References (20,000) Revelation Gospels Proverbs Axis

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

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

  42. 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

  43. www.openbible.info/realtime stephen.smith@gmail.com

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