A pilot project named Twitter Data Grants started it Twitter, through which certain research institutions will be given access to its "public and historical data" (i.e., to archive of tweets).
As mentioned in the relevant announcement of the popular social networking / microblogging tool, "With over 500 million tweets a day, Twitter has an expanding dataset from which we can derive information on a wide variety of topics, from health, such as where and when flu can occur, to global events. "
Μέχρι τώρα, όπως σημειώνεται, η όλη υπόθεση της cooperationς με το Twitter για να αποκτηθεί πρόσβαση σε δεδομένα ήταν «πρόκληση» για ερευνητές εκτός της companys.
"The program Data Grants it intends to change this by linking research bodies and academics with the data they need ". Participation in the program is possible by submitting a proposal / request until March 15.
For the original pilot program, a relatively limited number of operators will be selected. In addition to the data, opportunities will be given to selected institutions to collaborate with Twitter engineers and researchers.
It is noted that Twitter files are up to 2006, and similar collaborations have been made in the past, such as John Hopkins University.
As Devin Gaffray, a developer at tech startup Little Bird and a Master in Internet Social Science from the University of Oxford, previously reported in Wired, the data from Social Networks like Facebook and Twitter are probably the largest archive of human interaction ever created. “It will be 'biased' in favor of people connected to the Internet, but it's still better than before. Also, it's less work. You don't need to talk to 10.000 people. You just write some code to make it do it for you."
Source: naftemporiki.gr
