🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Major critic of X sues after being banned from platform | Ars Technica'

1 November 2023 - kudos:

The headline obscures something important—that this is about research, access to data, and Terms of Service. Worrying stuff. link to “Major critic of X sues after being banned from platform | Ars Technica”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Twitter just closed the book on academic research - The Verge'

31 May 2023 - kudos:

This is a real shame. link to ‘Twitter just closed the book on academic research - The Verge’

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Twitter Demands Academics Who Won’t Pay $42k/Month Delete Any Twitter Data They Currently Have | Techdirt'

26 May 2023 - kudos:

This is… I don’t know what this is. Besides a whole bunch of nonsense. link to ‘Twitter Demands Academics Who Won’t Pay $42k/Month Delete Any Twitter Data They Currently Have | Techdirt’

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Twitter's new data access rules will make research harder : NPR'

9 February 2023 - kudos:

Some good coverage of the consequences of API restrictions for researchers—though I think we still need clarification from Twitter about whether the academic dev status is being handled separately from primary dev status. link to ‘Twitter’s new data access rules will make research harder : NPR’

16 December 2022 - kudos:

I got my job largely because I can work with Twitter data, and my tenure application is built on the premise that I do good Twitter research. I probably shouldn’t take as much pleasure as I do from watching the platform fall apart right now, but I was ready to move on anyway.

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Facial Recognition Researcher Left a Trans Database Exposed for Years After Using Images Without Permission'

12 December 2022 - kudos:

I hated this project when I read about it in The Verge 5 years ago. I hate it even more now. link to ‘Facial Recognition Researcher Left a Trans Database Exposed for Years After Using Images Without Permission’