My live tweeting contributions for weeks 1-6 have largely consisted of satirical content/referencing other pop culture related to scenes within each movie screening. The reason for this is that I believe this creates a more accessible way for people who are observers of the hashtag #BCM325 to enjoy the content without context. Satirical tweets also seem to receive more general engagement on Twitter as a platform.
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1103423617205821440
This tweet about Metropolis seemed to receive quite a bit of engagement, receiving 13 likes and 4 retweets. I would assume the reason was the uncanny resemblance that both scenes had with each other.
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1103432946369720320
Asking questions about the weird aspects of the movie seemed to also generate large engagement, as people were quick and willing to answer questions that others may be curious about. This tweet received a fair amount of engagement with 10 likes and 3 comments.
I believe that more of my tweets could have received more consistent engagement more often if I used the #BCM325 hashtag instead of the #bcm325 hashtag. I believe that most people were following the capitalized version at the start and only a few were using the other one, over the next few weeks I slowly began to switch the the capitalized hashtag, this proved to receive more engagement.
Interestingly, when I do post some “factual” tweets that require clicking to an external link or video, they tend to not receive much, if any, engagement at all. I suspect this is because so many people are live tweeting, interacting and watching the movie at the same time, they would have little time to click to an external video or article and read or watch it. They would also not be interested in backtracking and relocating the tweet as it would easily be lost in the noise that is a constantly flooded and updated Twitter hashtag.
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1111033954411307009
Potentially the way to avoid this is to include a short summary of the video or article in the tweet, so people can read and understand it on the fly. As demonstrated in the tweet below where I included a very brief description of what the video is about.
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1113564418594357248
It’s also equally possible that it is by chance that some tweets are not seen by people as there are a lot of tweets flooding the hashtag during the live tweeting time, and people are not very likely to scroll through to browse tweets if they themselves are occupied with tweeting.
Simple, visual comparisons and analysis seem to receive decent engagement. Presenting information in a clear, concise format that can be read and understood at a glance is probably the best way to give people information.
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1113560703493742592
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1116116609708331008
LINK: https://twitter.com/nato645/status/1116117363965849601
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