Twitter in flux….
Thoughts on the many changes at Twitter. - Twitter is a private space, a commercial entity, and is a venue and host to interactions among many others, but it is not itself a public space. See this blog post. -…
Accessing the Twitter Historical API via the Academic Track
NodeXL Pro has recently been updated to include support for Twitter API 2.0 and the Academic Twitter API service. Via the Twitter API 2.0 any Twitter user has “essential access” to 500k Tweets per month, restricted to the past seven…
In Praise of Filter Membranes: A Step Beyond Filter Bubbles
A design and policy proposal for improving the democratic quality of social media Marc Smith and Ben Shneiderman The fear of filter bubbles is a common concern in social media discussions. The threat of closed worlds of perception that lead…
Let’s pick our own social media editors
A design and policy proposal for improving the quality of social media Marc Smith and Ben Shneiderman The great promise of social media is being eclipsed by the dismal reality of abuse and attack that many users experience. Athletes, celebrities,…
NodeXL Pro YouTube Importer update: Unlock the YouTube API with your own key
NodeXL Pro - How to request an API Code for YouTube The updated YouTube Importer for NodeXL Pro (version 430 and later) enables users to collect more data by using their own Google Developer API Key. The following steps take…
New NodeXL Pro Importer for Twitter: Import from a list of Tweet IDs
Many users have data sets of collected tweets that they would like to import into NodeXL for social media network analysis. In many cases these data sets are in non-standard formats and have a variety of data elements. Processing these…