ProtestBaku was the “official” hashtag of the protests in Baku over the past few months. It has been used by both the opposition and pro-government groups. I’ve done a number of hashtag analyses on it. Throughout the last few months, the pro-government tweeple have both hijacked the ProtestBaku hashtag and started a few of their…
Lots of action in Azerbaijan right now – I can barely begin to describe. But here’s some hashtag analysis. #protestbaku from 10 March 3am full report I don’t have much to say about this right now, but more will come tomorrow. #10mart full report 10 March 3pm full report 10 March 4pm full report 10…
I’ve been collecting the tweets for #protestbaku but things haven’t been interesting in awhile. But let’s look at this analysis from March 8 at 5am. full report I don’t really get these clusters. Groups 1 and 2 tweet in Azerbaijani mostly. And somehow I am in group 2. I am not sure what the differences…
For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been posting a lot of images on my blog, but I haven’t taken the time to explain what or why or how these are happening. Azerbaijan, one of the countries that I study, is experiencing some turmoil right now. Briefly, a soldier was killed in the military as a…
So there is a new protest on January 26. It started at 3pm Baku time. Here’s the analysis for 4pm Baku time. full report 229 users with 3559 in the last 5 hours. most common words: protestbaku – the hashtag itself rt – retweet ismayilli – the hashtag for the other event of the week…
Looks like #protestbaku is being used again, possibly for a planned protest on Saturday. full report
Just a quick update… Full analysis
Not too much to say here that is new, but I want to ensure that I continue updating. Link to full report
My original post is here. It has been 2 days since I ran my first analysis, so here’s an update. The groups this time are now MUCH clearer to me. As you can see there are 3 groups – groups 1 and 3 are anti-Khadija tweeters and group 2 are anti-anti-Khadija tweeters. Link to full…
In a reaction to #protestbaku, a number of Azerbaijani tweeters, especially those associated with the pro-government youth organization, began a Twitter campaign called #khadijautan. This translates to “shame on you Khadija.” Who is Khadija? She is a journalist with Radio Free Europe, known for her investigations of government corruption. (More on Khadija here). What was…