I'd do this by starting with tweets that were the target of a feeding frenzy. You'll find both usual suspects and ringleaders that way, in the responses.
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Yea, I have one always-on script doing that via the sample stream. I.e. high ratio = target. It's just a bit frustrating because actually constructing the threads isn't straight-forward with the API -- there is no retreive-replies endpoint :(
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I'd even refrain from using @-less screen names because that still pops up in search
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sweet project idea! looking forward to your... report?
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