Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowLooking ForwardsRecent changes to the Twitter API have seriously impacted DocNow’s tools. Here’s how we are moving forward.4 min read·Jul 19, 2023----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowCounting TweetsToday Twitter released a new API endpoint that allows you to fetch the number of tweets that match a query (like a hashtag) over time.3 min read·Jun 25, 2021--3--3
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowDocumenting EventsFrom its early adopters in 2007 at SXSW to its use today by journalists around the world, Twitter has always been a social media platform…4 min read·Jun 1, 2021----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowtwarc2twarc has been redesigned from the ground up to work with the new Twitter v2 API and their Academic Research track. Many thanks for the…12 min read·Apr 7, 2021--3--3
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowTrump’s TweetsTLDR: Trump’s tweets are gone from twitter.com but still exist spectrally in various states all over the web. After profiting off of their…9 min read·Jan 21, 2021----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowDisinformation MetadataIlya Kreymer recently asked a question over in Documenting the Now Slack about Twitter’s API data and whether it includes metadata for…4 min read·Sep 2, 2020----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowInstagram, Social Action and ArchivesDianne Weinthal is a recent graduate of the UCLA MLIS program, and has been working with a few members of her cohort on criteria to…1 min read·Aug 7, 2020----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowIntroducing The Catalog v2If you’ve been following our work for the past few years you may have occasionally seen us mention something called the Catalog. The…5 min read·Apr 16, 2020----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowAppraising COVID-19What might efforts to archive the COVID-19 web teach us about ways to document our appraisal decisions when archiving the web?7 min read·Apr 1, 2020----
Ed SummersinDocumenting DocNowDesigning for ConsentMany thanks to the Congrés d’Arxivística de Catalunya for the invitation to come and talk about social media archives and the Documenting…22 min read·May 10, 2019----