From the milking barn to everywhere

I've been fortunate to connect with people from all across this great nation...and the world...over the past eight some-odd years via the social media platforms I use. And it's not unusual for me to wonder where a particular tweet, Instagram photo, or Facebook post I send from my dairy farm might be viewed.

So this afternoon I put it to a highly unscientific test.

Request for Locations
I tweeted/Instagramed the following while milking cows this afternoon and decided to see how many different places my photo could pop up.

Twitter can connect this dairy farmer in a milking barn in Alabama (spoiler:it's me) with someone in ___.

Reply or quote RT to let me know! pic.twitter.com/3Ss9EPnbSP

— Will Gilmer (@gilmerdairy) March 5, 2017

I made this in our milking barn in Lamar County, Alabama, and I'd be interested to know where you are viewing it from.

A post shared by Will Gilmer (@gilmerdairy) on Mar 5, 2017 at 12:44pm PST

Response Data
I received roughly 100 replies between the two platforms over a four hour span, and I've mapped the locations I was given. Blue pins correspond with Twitter replies, and red pins with Instagram.

locations of international responses

locations of North American responses

locations of local responses

Analysis/Takeaways
1) I had no idea anyone in St. Kitts would see one of my posts, much less participate in this little experiment.
2) Responses were primarily North American, and all but one were from the Northern Hemisphere.
3) Participation was much greater east of the Mississippi River.
4) Local responses were primarily received via the Instagram post.
5) I get bored and fiddle around on my computer when I get home from the Sunday afternoon milking if it has run too long for me to make it to our church's evening worship service.