Twitter for Academic Research
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Higher tweet volume cap for pre registered studies & quarterly volume cap period
Current tweet volume for academic research is high. But sometime a need may arise to access larger volume of data. This may not happen throughout the year, but at some point in the research cycle. To support this need:
1) Cumulative volume cap can be kept for four months or six months instead of per month.
2) Certain research projects where the objectives are well defined and transparently reported through means like pre-registration of studies, higher volume access may be granted, through certain means.2 votes -
Obviously privacy is a big i issue right now. So I propose we have a function that will hide things we don’t want to show all the time.
Privacy features for example on a public account being able to hide my followers or vice versa. Privacy screens like they have on Reddit for porn. It would be nice to tweet from my account stream with Porn being blurred when it needs to be blurred.
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Require Statement of Ethics from Academics
Academic researchers should have to submit a statement of ethics declaring their work with Twitter data will not be harmful to oppressed and marginalized people, who are disproportionately harmed by unethical data research practices. Twitter should also make the statements available to the wider community so other folks can learn from them or get ideas for modeling their own statements.
31 votes -
Twitter Fellowship Program
In order to increase the engagement of Twitter with academic community, a fellowship program could be a valuable strategy. Basically what a I propose is that Twitter can have a program in which invites researches and academics to submit project ideas using the Twitter Data. Twitter will be then select the best ones to provide support (giving exclusive data access, internships, scholarships for PhD students, etc) in the areas required by the project. This of course can be (please!!!) a parallel initiative to the expansion of access for academic purposes. This is not a new idea. Facebook already have something…
29 votes -
Twitter Archive Download
At the moment there appear to be two archive downloads. One from the Account page and another from the Your Twitter Data page. The first comes as a zip file with a nice index.html viewer. The second includes a lot more data but lacks a viewer. It would be useful if these options were combined into a single archive download that contains a usable viewer for the complete data.
This is important for archives that would like to accept snapshots of user's social media content for preservation and research.
25 votes -
A more transparent application process, with the option for appeal
Currently, the Twitter Developer application process can result in an application being rejected without explanation, with no option for appeal or reapplication from the same Twitter account. Being more transparent about the reasons for rejection, as well as allowing people to appeal or reapply, is likely to lead to more clarity on the actual rules of the Twitter Developer application process as well as healthier community engagement.
23 votes
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