Nettinkers
Beginnings
9 January 2008 Prompted by a recent article by Huberman et al. and the interest it provoked among #So.ME in the UK, I've set up this wiki to coordinate discussion of the article and to propose further research.
Members and joining in
Anyone can join this site. Please grab yourself a free wikidot account and join the wiki. Our password is 'playfully' (without the quotes).
Copyright
Please only post material that you are happy to distribute on an Attribution and Share Alike basis.
This means that anyone can use your material provided they say you put it here first. Even if they change or expand your material, they must still give other people the right to use if freely, provided they attribute its origins and pass on freely any work that contains our work.
They may make money out of our work if they want to.
Commenting
You can comment without logging in and you can vote for pages you find particularly useful.
Future Research
Twitter provides a steady stream of digitalised data about a contemporary phenomenon and is very useful for students who are learning to do research.
I am hoping that people will propose research projects that students can uplift and complete on their own or with your guidance.
Why Do Research on Twitter?
We use research for various reasons and I think it will be interesting to tease out our various motivations. Here is an excellent link to a PhD student in statistics, Flowing Data, on the relationship between social purpose and research.
Questions about this Wiki
This wiki was set up by Jo Jordan @jobucks. Please shoot over any comments or issues that cannot be dealt with here.
