There was an election in Armenia, you may have heard. The Caucasus Barometer asked people in November 2012 a number of questions, including some feelings about government and voting. (Here’s some 2010 analysis on elections for comparison.) Most Armenians voted in the last election. And people weren’t sure if it was fair. And most Armenians…
#armvote13 4pm (still foreigners versus those on the ground and note that Artur (@ditord) has his own cluster!) #barevolution 4pm #dasadul – this is a joke hashtag
#barevolution Feb 25 6pm #armvote13 Feb 25 7pm #barevolution Feb 26 12am #armvote13 Feb 25 12am
#armvote13 #barevolution
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barevolution What is my analysis? The Armenian twittersphere is SMALL. As has been the norm with these hashtags, foreigners and locals are divided. #armvote13
#barevolution 9pm Feb 23 #armvote13 9pm Feb 23
#armvote13 #barevolution Sorry for the lack of analysis – I’m traveling but wanted to get this out there.
So now that some real stuff is happening in Armenia, we have a new hashtag! #barevolution or Բարեւոլյուշըն in Armenian – so this is a play on words. Raffi say “Barev, Hayastan” to the crowd – meaning “Hello, Armenia.” Moreover, the word “arev” means sun. I’m not really sure if this has totally caught on…
Feb 21 6pm Feb 21 11pm 22 Feb 6pm I’m a little confused by this latest analysis, but then I realized that some sort of news tweeting thing used the hashtag, so I redid the graph without that account in it. So here’s the “correct” version. Same deal as before – people on the ground…