# The Online Resources Shared on Twitter About the #MeToo Movement: The Pareto Principle

## TL;DR

This study analyzes the most influential online resources shared on Twitter about #MeToo, confirming that a small fraction of URLs account for the majority of shared content, illustrating the Pareto principle in social media sharing.

## Contribution

It provides empirical evidence of the Pareto principle in the context of #MeToo-related Twitter content sharing and identifies key domains and content types involved.

## Key findings

- Most shared domains: twitter.com, nytimes.com, youtube.com
- 8% of domain names accounted for 80% of shared content
- A poll about men's fear to mentor women was highly shared

## Abstract

In this paper we examine the most influential resources shared on Twitter about the #MeToo movement. We also examine whether a small proportion of domain names and URLs (e.g. 20%) appear in a large number of tweets (e.g. 80%) that contain #MeToo (known as the 80/20 rule or Pareto principle). R and Python were used to analyze the data. Results demonstrated that the most frequently shared domains were twitter.com (47.20%), nytimes.com (4.42%) and youtube.com (3.69%). The most frequently shared content was a recent poll which indicated "men are afraid to mentor women after the #MeToo movement". In accordance with the Pareto principle, 8% of domain names accounted for 80% of the shared content on Twitter that contained #MeToo. This study provides a base for researchers who are interested in understanding what online resources people rely on when sharing information about online social movements (e.g. #MeToo).

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1906.12321