Sharing Feelings and User Engagement on Twitter: It’s All About Me and You

@article{Segev2023SharingFA,
  title={Sharing Feelings and User Engagement on Twitter: It’s All About Me and You},
  author={Elad Segev},
  journal={Social Media + Society},
  year={2023},
  volume={9},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:259304684}
}
This study explores how the expression of feelings and the use of personal pronouns on Twitter are associated with user engagement. Unlike most previous studies which focused on the types of emotions… 
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