Comments on: Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/ Organizing huge information resources Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:03:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: links for 2009-11-23 « that dismal science http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-268 links for 2009-11-23 « that dismal science Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:29 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-268 [...] Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets (tags: twitter social data download statistics 2009 socialmedia dataset census analytics stats publishing trends open infochimps datasets) [...] [...] Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets (tags: twitter social data download statistics 2009 socialmedia dataset census analytics stats publishing trends open infochimps datasets) [...]

]]> By: mrflip http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-267 mrflip Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:29:03 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-267 @Taylor -- ouch. Trust us, it is KILLING me every second you don't have the data. We're working on getting people broad access to the whole thing rather trying to trickle out a few more datasets here and there. But please note that the datasets grandly announced above are actually published and can be actually download by actual you. @John -- The smiley face dataset is free, but yeah the others in this first batch are not. There *will* be a lot of data released for free, and there *will* be a larger pool of data released for academics. If you're an academic researcher or hobbyist, please post something brief about what you'd do with the data over "here":http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/20/twitter-data-open-questions-to-developers-academics-and-data-geeks/ -- it will help us figure out how to address your needs, and we can put you on our list for early access. @Taylor — ouch. Trust us, it is KILLING me every second you don’t have the data. We’re working on getting people broad access to the whole thing rather trying to trickle out a few more datasets here and there. But please note that the datasets grandly announced above are actually published and can be actually download by actual you.

@John — The smiley face dataset is free, but yeah the others in this first batch are not. There will be a lot of data released for free, and there will be a larger pool of data released for academics. If you’re an academic researcher or hobbyist, please post something brief about what you’d do with the data over here — it will help us figure out how to address your needs, and we can put you on our list for early access.

]]> By: John http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-266 John Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:34:29 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-266 Thanks for the post. I am assuming that this data is not free. Am I correct? Thanks for the post. I am assuming that this data is not free. Am I correct?

]]> By: Taylor http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Taylor Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:36 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-251 Are you guys ever actually going to publish any twitter datasets, or just post grand announcements about publishing datasets? Are you guys ever actually going to publish any twitter datasets, or just post grand announcements about publishing datasets?

]]> By: Is Infochimps’ Aggregated Data a Boon to Researchers or a Privacy Nightmare? http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Is Infochimps’ Aggregated Data a Boon to Researchers or a Privacy Nightmare? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:39 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-250 [...] Infochimps says it hopes “to send a signal that this data is valuable and useful to real-time search engines, Twitter apps, and social media researchers.” It also hopes to “start a conversation about where value really lies in this type of data, [and] the various ownership and privacy issues that arise.” Given the complaints from Twitter the first time data was posted, it’s a smart move on the part of Infochimps to add this disclosure and thoroughly anonymize the data. The company very much wants to avoid any sort of ill will or backlash from the Twitterati over the release of the data sets. Back in 2006, AOL Research released 20 million search keywords attached to user IDs for researchers to use. A number of individuals were identified as a result of the “anonymized” data, leading to a number of concerns over what sorts of data are kosher to be released. [...] [...] Infochimps says it hopes “to send a signal that this data is valuable and useful to real-time search engines, Twitter apps, and social media researchers.” It also hopes to “start a conversation about where value really lies in this type of data, [and] the various ownership and privacy issues that arise.” Given the complaints from Twitter the first time data was posted, it’s a smart move on the part of Infochimps to add this disclosure and thoroughly anonymize the data. The company very much wants to avoid any sort of ill will or backlash from the Twitterati over the release of the data sets. Back in 2006, AOL Research released 20 million search keywords attached to user IDs for researchers to use. A number of individuals were identified as a result of the “anonymized” data, leading to a number of concerns over what sorts of data are kosher to be released. [...]

]]> By: Publishing – publishing houses | Point Article News Feed http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Publishing – publishing houses | Point Article News Feed Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:26:26 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-242 [...] Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog …11 Nov 2009 by Joseph Kelly  As useful as the Twitter API is, developers, designers, and researchers have long clamored for more than the trickle of data that service currently allows. We. – [...] [...] Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog …11 Nov 2009 by Joseph Kelly  As useful as the Twitter API is, developers, designers, and researchers have long clamored for more than the trickle of data that service currently allows. We. – [...]

]]> By: Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog … http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog … Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:16 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-241 [...] Read more here: Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog … [...] [...] Read more here: Twitter Census: Publishing the First of Many Datasets | blog … [...]

]]> By: James Simmons http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-240 James Simmons Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:25:44 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-240 @mrflip Wow. I was ignorant to how open Twitter was, thanks! @mrflip
Wow. I was ignorant to how open Twitter was, thanks!

]]> By: tecosystems » What’s in Store for 2010? A Few Predictions http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-239 tecosystems » What’s in Store for 2010? A Few Predictions Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:27:26 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-239 [...] written about this fairly extensively already, so I won’t belabor the point. But we’re going to [...] [...] written about this fairly extensively already, so I won’t belabor the point. But we’re going to [...]

]]> By: Twitter Data Dump: InfoChimps Puts 1B Connections Up for Sale :Xero Wire http://blog.infochimps.org/2009/11/11/twitter-census-publishing-the-first-of-many-datasets/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Twitter Data Dump: InfoChimps Puts 1B Connections Up for Sale :Xero Wire Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:53:10 +0000 http://blog.infochimps.org/?p=364#comment-238 [...] geeks have been watching for a year. Austin-based Infochimps announced this afternoon that it is now selling two important and very large sets of Twitter data. Limited samples of the data are available for free and a third, most important, set of data still [...] [...] geeks have been watching for a year. Austin-based Infochimps announced this afternoon that it is now selling two important and very large sets of Twitter data. Limited samples of the data are available for free and a third, most important, set of data still [...]

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