[Air-L] Twitter academic API still collects data

[Deena Abul-Fottouh]

   I have an academic API and did not receive any similar email. Do you
   think this is an indication that the new policy will not apply to
   academic API? Did anyone with an academic API receive such an email?

   Best,

   Deena

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   Shulman via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
   Sent: February 13, 2023 1:26 PM
   To: Shulman, Stu <stu at texifter.com>
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   Subject: Re: [Air-L] Twitter academic API still collects data

   It seems like the Twitter Search API is still serving free data as of
   the
   last few hours. Is anyone seeing or hearing anything different? The
   email
   to developers said all the free APIs, including the academic API, and
   the
   elevated access developer API, were going to be shut down today and
   replaced with the new thing (TBD). I suppose it is still morning in
   California but we are still waiting for the unveiling of the new terms
   for
   the new thing, which sounds like it may be a $100/month credential
   that users purchase and then deploy to access or deliver data from or
   to
   Twitter. There is an ineluctable complexity to what is about to happen
   on
   the level of platform technology. I am guessing there is no simple "off
   switch" granular enough yet. Maybe later today a lot of systems will go
   dark. Or...[?]
   On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:33 PM Shulman, Stu via Air-L <
   air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
   > The API changes were delayed until after the Super Bowl. There is a
   > somewhat rational actor somewhere in the SpaceX dust and fumes. I
   still
   > have no clear picture if the Academic API is slated to be degraded.
   Does
   > anyone? The free Search API is operating normally as of this moment.
   The
   > pushback has been impressive. Taking the long view, I think the rush
   to
   > look beyond Twitter without a clear picture of what is happening or
   why is
   > premature. No matter what the new policy is, studying the impact of
   > Twitter, even if you need a grant to do it, will remain important
   until the
   > system goes offline or social movements cease to use it, or elections
   no
   > longer hinge on whether accounts can Tweet and delete and Tweet using
   > automation to sway algorithmic rankings, etc. We all have examples of
   > strange things happening on Twitter that seem to matter. We have a
   duty to
   > study it, even if there are charges that are likely analogous to the
   cost
   > of interviews, field work, focus groups, surveys, and other
   traditional
   > $-first results later research.
   >
   > On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:02 PM Yiran Duan via Air-L <
   > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
   >
   > > Hi all,
   > >
   > > Magically, Twitter academic API is still collecting tweets for me
   as of
   > > today. Is it the same case for you all?
   > >
   > > Best,
   > > Yiran Duan
   > > PhD student
   > > Syracuse University
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