Twitter's new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive
and @jbenton wonders whether ‘enough phyla, kingdoms or classes’ exist to encompass them all — here's one to find room for: His decision to kill off free API access for researchers. https://www.niemanlab.org/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason Twitter's API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade. But now... how does $210,000 a month sound? https://www.niemanlab.org/... Sandra Fish / @fishnette : i know researchers who've done great work on this platform, but no more... https://www.niemanlab.org/... @badastronomer : Would you trust this guy to keep giving you free air when you're halfway to Mars? https://twitter.com/... Joshua Benton / @jbenton : New by me —> Among all of his *many* mistakes, don't forget that @elonmusk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason Twitter's API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade. But now... how does $210,000 a month sound? https://www.niemanlab.org/...
“One of the richest human beings in the history of the species is unilaterally killing off the work of thousands of researchers, all to chase a buck he won't end up getting.” https://twitter.com/...
For those perhaps considering a taxonomy of all Musk's Twitter messes — and @jbenton wonders whether ‘enough phyla, kingdoms or classes’ exist to encompass them all — here's one to find room for: His decision to kill off free API access for researchers. https://www.niemanlab.org/…
New by me —> Among all of his *many* mistakes, don't forget that @elonmusk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason. https://www.niemanlab.org/...