I can provide you with a dataset. Email me at phil.plante AT endlesspaths DOT com and I will see what we can provide.
On May 22, 12:58 pm, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > The /spritzer feed is open to everyone with a Twitter > account:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation > > -John Kalucki > Services, Twitter Inc. > > On May 22, 8:48 am, Burhan TANWEER <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How can I get access to /gardenhose and /spritzer feeds? > > > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:25 AM, John Kalucki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > David, > > > > You can capture a sample of the statuses via the Streaming API and > > > perform the analysis on that data set. The /gardenhose and /spritzer > > > feeds exist precisely for this type of experiementation. There's no > > > practical way to get a copy of the full social graph. (Aside: It's > > > hard enough for us to store and serve the SGS for internal purposes. > > > The size and velocity alone make it, cough, cough, unwieldy.) > > > > If you are interested in doing this sort of analysis full-time, apply > > > for a job! We're a data-driven shop, and we're always crawling over > > > the numbers. > > > > -John Kalucki > > > Services, Twitter Inc. > > > > On May 20, 3:36 pm, David W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > > While working with the Twitter API last night, I found myself thinking > > > > of some crazy ideas for use of the full public timeline feed. Proving > > > > these ideas would be pretty simple given a sample of the timeline on > > > > my laptop, and so I was wondering if such a thing is available? > > > > > Basically, I'd like a copy of about 24 hours worth of the equivalent > > > > of the XMPP feed from some arbitrary moment in time, perhaps with a > > > > snapshot of the social graph for the people that tweeted during that > > > > time frame. If something like this isn't already available for > > > > research purposes, I think it'd be a wonderful contribution on > > > > Twitter's part, perhaps even if some anonymization was applied > > > > (although this seems pointless given it *is* the public timeline). > > > > > If nothing else, it'd allow people like me (hacker with a laptop and > > > > 4gb of RAM) to quickly come up with much cooler uses for the Twitter > > > > data. :) > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > David. > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > Burhan Tanweerwww.explorewww.com > > [email protected]
