This summary uses data shared in this tweet thread to capture the tweets from #AHA19 conference. It extended the search to include #AHA2019 as there was some "hashtag drift" (in total 1,074 tweets included just the #AHA2019 hashtag, of which 19 are included below).

The extract captures 8,269 tweets posted 16-17 November (GMT time). Data for 18 November will be added following the conference.

These tweets were posted by 1,709 tweeters, and received 22,850 retweets by the end of 17 November. Overall 211 (13%) tweeters received 80% of retweets while 537 (31%) received no retweets.

I selected the following 176 tweets using simple rules:

at least 21 retweets for tweets posted on 16 November (n=87 tweets)
at least 14 retweets for tweets posted on 17 November (n=89 tweets, after excluding 4 #QuitLying tweets that were clearly posted from outside the conference hall).

The top 20 tweeters are listed below. So far this summary includes posts from 90 tweeters.

I am not at the conference, and have no links with the conference. Suggestions for improving this summary gratefully received -e.g. are all the tweeters shown below truly "social media influencers" at the conference, or are some tweeters simply taking a free-ride on a popular hashtag?

In passing, there were two posts by two separate tweeters who inadvertently used the conference hashtag, posting about the Norwegian 1980s pop band Aha. Overall, however, the most popular conference tweets has been free of hashtag confusion.

There was also quite a lot of activity on #QuitLying (128 tweeters posting 296 tweets) - with 55 of these tweeters posting 155 tweets on just this topic (pro-vaping posts from initial inspection).

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