# Anatomy of a Social Media Post

In order to understand how data is represented on a computer (following up on [Chapter 2.3.3: Computers Speak Binary](../../ch02_definitions/03_automation/03_binary.md)), we will look at all the data in an example social media post, in this case a tweet from the site formerly known as [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter) {cite:p}`Twitter2023`:

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name: tweet_fig
alt: Screenshot of tweet from user WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates). Tweet text is "This is Woods. He’s here to help with the dishes. Specifically the pre-rinse, where he licks every item he can. 12/10". The tweet also has three photos of a tiny cute puppy standing on the open door of a dishwasher. The tweet was posted on Feb 10, 2020. The account that posted it has a blue check. The tweet has 1,533 quote tweets, 26.6K retweets, and 197.8K likes.
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A tweet with photos of a cute puppy! ([source](https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1227037345712627718?s=20&t=HSoEMJwlOlIz8GdAEYHg4g))
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