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Nothing new. It has been prohibitively expensive and cumbersome to get Twitter data for years, even for research as an Institution.
by jmercouris 4y ago
Nothing new. It has been prohibitively expensive and cumbersome to get Twitter data for years, even for research as an Institution.
- altdataseller 4y agoFalse. You could search thru and consume almost 5-10% of all tweets for free with the free API provided you had enough user tokens. Of course if you paid the full firehose, it would be much more expensive
- jmercouris 4y agoI don't know what you mean about it being false. If you circumvent the API license by making tons of tokens and connecting from different IPs it is possible- much in the same way that a bank has free money if you rob it.
- fortuna86 4y agoTwitter also used to suspend API keys seemingly at random, making research data on Twitter nearly impossible.
- vlunkr 4y agoAny idea how much this compares to previous prices?
- secos 4y agoThe last time I talked to Twitter sales (about 2 years ago) they were asking for 6k/mo.
- hn2017 4y agoThat is false. https://twitter.com/stokel/status/1634310536723668995?s=20 https://twitter.com/stokel/status/1634310536723668995?s=20
- secos 4y agoThank you for reminding me why I dislike this place so much. I've literally got the email right here: "As I mentioned on the phone, we structure them as a monthly subscription based on an annual agreement. Variables that affect pricing are the APIs you use to get data and the amount of data you consume each month. Our smallest packages fall between $5,000-$8,000 per month." The price they quoted me, over the phone, was 6k. Doesn't mean we took it (we didn't) but that was what they were asking for. I know others that were paying 5k/mo. And I know others who still had free accounts from way back in the day. Everyone is being swept up now.