GNIP serves the data feed, but I am not sure if anyone has built a connector to it. We have talked about doing it, but we are unsure what kind of demand there is for Tumblr data. According to GNIP folks, you could build a whole business around the stream. It would take us 2-3 weeks to launch a tool for doing the collection via API queries, but we would only get the text. If folks would like, I can talk to Dr. Skippy, the chief scientist at GNIP, about getting some samples to play with into a public archive. The question is, samples of what? Please write to me directly if you are interested in text data from Tumblr. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:00 AM, Stephanie Betz <stephanie.betz@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm looking at doing a project that analyses posts on Tumblr. Unfortunately, however, the tools available through the Tumblr website aren't particularly useful for analysing large amounts of posts.
Does anyone know of any third-party applications that may be useful for exploring Tumblr's tags and posts?
Thanks,
Steph.
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