Add more in-depth explanations and examples of TCAT queries

[digitalmethodsinitiative]

Add more in-depth explanations and examples of TCAT queries

[ErikBorra]

Thanks for the heads-up. Will do so after the summer school!

Two additions to your text:

• by default DMI-TCAT searches for words as parts of string (i.e. global will match globally too)
• if you search for [ global ], you will not find tweets starting with global, as this search specifies that there needs to be a space in front of, and behind, global.

[ErikBorra]

More explanations to add:

• Exclude retweets (e.g. for genuine mention networks) by putting the following into the exclude field [RT @] OR [RT: @].
• add a more elaborate explanation about AND or OR queries + examples.
  • Query for specific users by putting an OR separated list of user names in the from user field. The user names should not start with @. E.g. user1 OR user2.
• explain Geo filter: to get the tweets from a specific area you can use polygon drawing on google maps to get the coordinates: http://www.birdtheme.org/useful/v3tool.html > polygon > copy the part in 'live code presentation' between the tags > put in right format (remove ',0.0', replace commas by spaces, replace line breaks by commas)

[ErikBorra]

Address in the FAQ