Twitter just closed the book on academic research - The Verge
Source: story link, from theverge.com
This is a real shame.
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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.
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