If any researchers would like to help me QA / test a new endpoint that returns historical metadata for a tweet, please use this thread. Currently historical data is only available for verified users but this will be expanded soon. Try testing it out with a recent tweet id (last
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30 minutes or so). Here is an example of getting historical metadata for a tweet made by LFC.
social.pushshift.io/twitter/meta/?
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Each new data point is created when someone retweets the original tweet (or quotes the tweet). For popular tweets, the time intervals are generally fairly active (every few seconds or so). Once the tweet gets older than a day or two, actively drops off sharply.
Super cool! Does it handle the deleted users as well?
I'd be interested in knowing if the early signal boosts are coming from accounts that were later purged.