[Air-L] Twitter academic API still collects data

Mon Feb 13 11:10:17 PST 2023

Hello,

We are excited to share some updates regarding the Twitter API so you can
keep building and innovating with us. Twitter offers one of the world’s
most powerful data sets, and our recent updates will enable you to continue
to tap into all its potential.

Basic access
On February 13, we will introduce our new low-cost, basic access that
offers a low level of API usage, and full access to Ads API for a $100
monthly fee. This basic access will replace our previous access levels
(Essential, Elevated, and Academic Research). We will provide instructions
on how to subscribe to the basic access through our website on Monday.

Limited free access
As this is extremely important to the developer ecosystem, we will also
introduce a new form of free write access to the Twitter API limited to
Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated
user token, as well as including free access to Login with Twitter. If you
are currently on a free tier and you want to take advantage of the new
limited free access, no actions are necessary - you will automatically be
switched to the new free access on February 13.

Premium API deprecation
On February 13, we will also deprecate the Premium API access. If you’re
subscribed to Premium, you can apply for Enterprise access here to continue
using these endpoints.

We truly believe that the developer community can continue to create value
with our Twitter API. We hope you are excited about this new chapter of the
Twitter Developer Platform as we continue to invest in our ecosystem’s
success. Please continue to follow @TwitterDev for the latest updates.

Thank you,
The Twitter Developer Platform team

Dr. Stuart ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 2:02 PM Deena Abul-Fottouh <abulfodm at mcmaster.ca>
wrote:

> 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?
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> Deena
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> *From:* Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Stuart
> Shulman via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> *Sent:* February 13, 2023 1:26 PM
> *To:* Shulman, Stu <stu at texifter.com>
> *Cc:* air-l at listserv.aoir.org <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> *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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