Title: Method of visualising relations between tweets to facilitate discussions via Twitter

Authors: Yasuhiro Yamada; Hiroshi Suzuki; Akira Hattori; Haruo Hayami

Addresses: Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan ' Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan ' Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan ' Department of Information and Computer Sciences, Graduate School of Kanagawa Institute of Technology, 1030 Shimo-ogino, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan

Abstract: It is common for Twitter users to adopt clients that display posts (tweets) as textboxes lined up in a perpendicular fashion. In a discussion with multiple participants, tweets are commonly used as 'replies'. However, it is difficult for users of these types of displays to follow the context and make further contributions to the conversations. In this study, we will also be proposing a system which visualises relations of tweets by usage of digraphs, along with an evaluation of the proposed system on how it fares with existing solutions.

Keywords: Twitter; visualisation; real-time systems; user interfaces; receivers; servers; browsers; digraph; microblogging.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSNM.2017.091808

International Journal of Social Network Mining, 2017 Vol.2 No.4, pp.314 - 332

Accepted: 02 Jul 2016
Published online: 18 May 2018 *

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