Method and system tracking and determining public sentiment relating to social media
A method for determining influential broadcast messages in which a processing device identifies a plurality of re-posts of a post, wherein each re-post comprises a time stamp, determines whether the time stamp of the re-post is within a first time interval or a second time interval, increments a first count associated with the first time interval when the time stamp is within the first time interval or a second count associated with the second time interval when the time stamp is within the second time interval, and determines a public sentiment attribute associated with the post in view of a comparison between the first count and the second count.
1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of re-posts of a post, wherein each re-post comprises a time stamp;
determining, by the processing device, whether the time stamp of the re-post is within a first time interval or a second time interval;
incrementing, by the processing device, a first count associated with the first time interval when the time stamp is within the first time interval or a second count associated with the second time interval when the time stamp is within the second time interval;
determining, by the processing device, a public sentiment attribute associated with the post in view of a comparison between the first count associated with the first time interval and the second count associated with the second time interval; and
transmitting, by the processing device, to a user interface of a computer processor, a message comprising the public sentiment attribute to provide a user with a measure of an expansion rate of the post in view of the comparison.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are equal and consecutive time intervals.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count by a predetermined percentage.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a high public sentiment when the first count is greater than or equal to the second count and each of the first count and the second count exceeds a predetermined threshold.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a beginning time of the first time interval coincides with a time stamp of the post.
7. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
identify a plurality of re-posts of a post, wherein each re-post comprises a time stamp;
determine whether the time stamp of the re-post is within a first time interval or a second time interval;
increment a first count associated with the first time interval when the time stamp is within the first time interval or a second count associated with the second time interval when the time stamp is within the second time interval;
determine a public sentiment attribute associated with the post in view of a comparison between the first count associated with the first time interval and the second count associated with the second time interval; and
transmit to a user interface of a computer processor a message comprising the public sentiment attribute to provide a user with a measure of an expansion rate of the post in view of the comparison.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are equal and consecutive time intervals.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count by a predetermined percentage.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a high public sentiment when the first count is greater than or equal to the second count and each of the first count and the second count exceeds a predetermined threshold.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein a beginning time of the first time interval coincides with a time stamp of the post.
13. A non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to execute operations comprising:
identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of re-posts of a post, wherein each re-post comprises a time stamp;
determining, by the processing device, whether the time stamp of the re-post is within a first time interval or a second time interval;
incrementing, by the processing device, a first count associated with the first time interval when the time stamp is within the first time interval or a second count associated with the second time interval when the time stamp is within the second time interval;
determining, by the processing device, a public sentiment attribute associated with the post in view of a comparison between the first count associated with the first time interval and the second count associated with the second time interval; and
transmitting, by the processing device, to a user interface of a computer processor, a message comprising the public sentiment attribute to provide a user with a measure of an expansion rate of the post in view of the comparison.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the first time interval and the second time interval are equal and consecutive time intervals.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a growing public sentiment when the second count exceeds the first count by a predetermined percentage.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 13 , wherein the public sentiment attribute is a high public sentiment when the first count is greater than or equal to the second count and each of the first count and the second count exceeds a predetermined threshold.