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Record 1 2018-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

A series of tweets on the same subject and from a single Twitter account where each tweet starts with a number and a slash.

CONT

[The] numbers mean that this is the first tweet of a longer thought, followed by the second, and sometimes third and fourth. This series of posts, known as a tweetstorm, is a way to share thoughts and comments that are too long for the 140 character limit.

Key term(s)
  • tweet storm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Série de gazouillis sur le même sujet et d'un seul compte Twitter dans laquelle chaque gazouillis commence par un nombre et une barre oblique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
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