You Are What You Tweet

by Elon Green March 7, 2014

Are you what you tweet? Let’s say yes. Using Tweetails, we obtained the data of most-used words for different Twitter accounts. Some groupings began to suggest themselves. Certainly, some unflattering self-portraits emerged.

Sir Mix-A-Lot

Justin Bieber

Tina Brown

Nick Denton

Nicki Minaj

Mia Farrow

John Cusack

Ezra Klein

Mark Halperin

Ben Smith

Donald Trump

Erick Erickson

Jeffrey Goldberg

Michelle Malkin

Rebecca Traister

Tyra Banks

Desus

Ted Nugent

Stephen King

Sam Biddle

Jack Dorsey

Sarah Silverman

Andy Richter

Elon Green is a contributing editor to Longform.

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