Guh, I'm so frustrated by seeing this type of comment over and over again: > Datasift falls squarely in the [business and analytics] bracket, which means Twitt

Guh, I'm so frustrated by seeing this type of comment over and over again: > Datasift falls squarely in the [business and analytics] bracket, which means Twitter’s decision is a complete reversal of their previous stated stance, a stance that led to investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s an ugly move. It's not. Datasift resold Twitter data. They added their own metadata to Tweets, like sentiment, but they didn't do any direct analytics themselves. In fact, if Datasift really were in the analytics business, they'd be free to sit on top of their customers' Twitter streams and provide analytics. EDIT: full disclosure, I'm the vp of product for a company that does do social media analytics and measurement, so I've got a particular perspective on this subject. We get our data from Gnip directly, for what it's worth. http://synthesio.com/corporate/en/2015/synthesio-news/twitter-data/ http://synthesio.com/corporate/en/2015/synthesio-news/twitte...