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Elana Zak
Twitter is such an amazing homework resource. Big thanks to @psychemedia and @mhawksey for all their scraping/data vis help!
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak here's an example of searching for hashtag users,getting their friends lists, and graphing their connections bit.ly/Ih0DLd
@elanazak here's an example of searching for hashtag users,getting their friends lists, and graphing their connections bit.ly/Ih0DLd
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Cool. TY. I'm trying to use @mhawksey's Google Spreadsheet recipe to get the IDs and then import that CSV into Gephi.
@psychemedia Cool. TY. I'm trying to use @mhawksey's Google Spreadsheet recipe to get the IDs and then import that CSV into Gephi.
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak thanks; making dinner atm. but i'll post a walkthrough around getting @mhawksey's ss data into gephi later tonight/tomorrow
@elanazak thanks; making dinner atm. but i'll post a walkthrough around getting @mhawksey's ss data into gephi later tonight/tomorrow
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak from a list of followers, what are you expecting to see? that's just you in the middle with a line to each follower?
@elanazak from a list of followers, what are you expecting to see? that's just you in the middle with a line to each follower?
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Or who follows each other, not just me. I know a lot of us follow the same people.
@psychemedia Or who follows each other, not just me. I know a lot of us follow the same people.
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak bit.ly/Hxtk5s is just a list of your followers? (csv - just add &output=csv to end of url)
@elanazak bit.ly/Hxtk5s is just a list of your followers? (csv - just add &output=csv to end of url)
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak so do you have a list somewhere of how your friends follow each other? I didnlt know @mhawksey's script grabbed that....
@elanazak so do you have a list somewhere of how your friends follow each other? I didnlt know @mhawksey's script grabbed that....
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia @mhawksey Oh no. I don't have that list. I don't think the script does that. But how did you do it with @WiredUK?
@psychemedia @mhawksey Oh no. I don't have that list. I don't think the script does that. But how did you do it with @WiredUK?
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia What were the connections for followers of @WiredUK besides that they all followed that account?
@psychemedia What were the connections for followers of @WiredUK besides that they all followed that account?
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak the edges were edges that showed friendship between the followers of wirdeuk, i think? ie a form of 1.5 degree egonet
@elanazak the edges were edges that showed friendship between the followers of wirdeuk, i think? ie a form of 1.5 degree egonet
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Ok, apologies and I feel pretty stupid, but how do you get the form of 1.5 degree egonet? In Gephi or somewhere else?
@psychemedia Ok, apologies and I feel pretty stupid, but how do you get the form of 1.5 degree egonet? In Gephi or somewhere else?
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak fir each of your followers, you need to get their friends lists and then see which other of your followers they follow
@elanazak fir each of your followers, you need to get their friends lists and then see which other of your followers they follow
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Is that what you did with @WiredUK? Did you write a script to do that for you?
@psychemedia Is that what you did with @WiredUK? Did you write a script to do that for you?
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak a script - yes. A script.... but it's a bit horrible and uses lots of api calls....
@elanazak a script - yes. A script.... but it's a bit horrible and uses lots of api calls....
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Ah, ok. Sigh. Maybe I'll just try the scraperwiki stuff you sent me earlier. That seemed interesting and very detailed.
@psychemedia Ah, ok. Sigh. Maybe I'll just try the scraperwiki stuff you sent me earlier. That seemed interesting and very detailed.
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak i'm just grabbing your followes connection data now; will pop it in dropbox for an hour or two...
@elanazak i'm just grabbing your followes connection data now; will pop it in dropbox for an hour or two...
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Oh thank you so much!! I am trying really hard to learn all this. It's just... hard. But I am trying.
@psychemedia Oh thank you so much!! I am trying really hard to learn all this. It's just... hard. But I am trying.
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia How do I save it as a gdf? (Sorry that is a basic question I know, just all new to me.)
@psychemedia How do I save it as a gdf? (Sorry that is a basic question I know, just all new to me.)
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak so add a gdf; or save it to mac dektop, rightclick Get Info and edit the filename to myfileitsmineItellyou.gdf
@elanazak so add a gdf; or save it to mac dektop, rightclick Get Info and edit the filename to myfileitsmineItellyou.gdf
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Hey, be careful. My thesis is on hashtags. I might just use that one. =)
@psychemedia Hey, be careful. My thesis is on hashtags. I might just use that one. =)
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia I think so. I was able to add it to Gephi using the Data Lab and it's a bunch of dots? Thank you!!
@psychemedia I think so. I was able to add it to Gephi using the Data Lab and it's a bunch of dots? Thank you!!
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak you should be able to just open it from the file->open... menu; there should be lines connecting dots? 1147 nodes and 32025 edges
@elanazak you should be able to just open it from the file->open... menu; there should be lines connecting dots? 1147 nodes and 32025 edges
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia I'm having problems since it won't accept the ext as a gdf. Even when it's on my desktop and I change it manually.
@psychemedia I'm having problems since it won't accept the ext as a gdf. Even when it's on my desktop and I change it manually.
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Could you try resending it to me through dropbox again? My name on it is elanazak, email elanazak AT gmail DOT com.
@psychemedia Could you try resending it to me through dropbox again? My name on it is elanazak, email elanazak AT gmail DOT com.
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia Do you like Starbucks? Can I buy you a coffee gift card for helping me?
@psychemedia Do you like Starbucks? Can I buy you a coffee gift card for helping me?
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak think about it graphically. if i draw a line from each of your followers to you, i will have a a star network bit.ly/HBhKKa
@elanazak think about it graphically. if i draw a line from each of your followers to you, i will have a a star network bit.ly/HBhKKa
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak if you read through the src of this - bit.ly/HBi7UU - in context of how how tag users connect, does it make more sense?
@elanazak if you read through the src of this - bit.ly/HBi7UU - in context of how how tag users connect, does it make more sense?
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Tony Hirst
@elanazak if i am just drawing lines from A's followers (B, cC D) to A, why should there be any lines between any of B, C, D?
@elanazak if i am just drawing lines from A's followers (B, cC D) to A, why should there be any lines between any of B, C, D?
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Elana Zak
@psychemedia I also don't know how to show you the CSV file. I can send a link to the Google spreadsheet.
@psychemedia I also don't know how to show you the CSV file. I can send a link to the Google spreadsheet.