Hello, We are excited to share some updates regarding the Twitter API so you can keep building and innovating with us. Twitter offers one of the world’s most powerful data sets, and our recent updates will enable you to continue to tap into all its potential. Basic access On February 13, we will introduce our new low-cost, basic access that offers a low level of API usage, and full access to Ads API for a $100 monthly fee. This basic access will replace our previous access levels (Essential, Elevated, and Academic Research). We will provide instructions on how to subscribe to the basic access through our website on Monday. Limited free access As this is extremely important to the developer ecosystem, we will also introduce a new form of free write access to the Twitter API limited to Tweet creation of up to 1,500 Tweets per month for a single authenticated user token, as well as including free access to Login with Twitter. If you are currently on a free tier and you want to take advantage of the new limited free access, no actions are necessary - you will automatically be switched to the new free access on February 13. Premium API deprecation On February 13, we will also deprecate the Premium API access. If you’re subscribed to Premium, you can apply for Enterprise access here to continue using these endpoints. We truly believe that the developer community can continue to create value with our Twitter API. We hope you are excited about this new chapter of the Twitter Developer Platform as we continue to invest in our ecosystem’s success. Please continue to follow @TwitterDev for the latest updates. Thank you, The Twitter Developer Platform team Dr. Stuart ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 2:02 PM Deena Abul-Fottouh <abulfodm@mcmaster.ca> wrote:
I have an academic API and did not receive any similar email. Do you think this is an indication that the new policy will not apply to academic API? Did anyone with an academic API receive such an email?
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------------------------------ *From:* Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Stuart Shulman via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> *Sent:* February 13, 2023 1:26 PM *To:* Shulman, Stu <stu@texifter.com> *Cc:* air-l@listserv.aoir.org <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> *Subject:* Re: [Air-L] Twitter academic API still collects data
It seems like the Twitter Search API is still serving free data as of the last few hours. Is anyone seeing or hearing anything different? The email to developers said all the free APIs, including the academic API, and the elevated access developer API, were going to be shut down today and replaced with the new thing (TBD). I suppose it is still morning in California but we are still waiting for the unveiling of the new terms for the new thing, which sounds like it may be a $100/month credential that users purchase and then deploy to access or deliver data from or to Twitter. There is an ineluctable complexity to what is about to happen on the level of platform technology. I am guessing there is no simple "off switch" granular enough yet. Maybe later today a lot of systems will go dark. Or...[?]
On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:33 PM Shulman, Stu via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
The API changes were delayed until after the Super Bowl. There is a somewhat rational actor somewhere in the SpaceX dust and fumes. I still have no clear picture if the Academic API is slated to be degraded. Does anyone? The free Search API is operating normally as of this moment. The pushback has been impressive. Taking the long view, I think the rush to look beyond Twitter without a clear picture of what is happening or why is premature. No matter what the new policy is, studying the impact of Twitter, even if you need a grant to do it, will remain important until the system goes offline or social movements cease to use it, or elections no longer hinge on whether accounts can Tweet and delete and Tweet using automation to sway algorithmic rankings, etc. We all have examples of strange things happening on Twitter that seem to matter. We have a duty to study it, even if there are charges that are likely analogous to the cost of interviews, field work, focus groups, surveys, and other traditional $-first results later research.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:02 PM Yiran Duan via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Hi all,
Magically, Twitter academic API is still collecting tweets for me as of today. Is it the same case for you all?
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