CHchimeracoder·Apr 30, 2018
> Twitter also gives away their data to anyone that wants it for free. You can be streaming millions of tweets per day within minutes of creating an account.
That's news to me. I maintain the Twitter client library for Go[0], and I still haven't been able to get through the process for getting access to the new streaming API (for testing the library). It requires an application stating your intended purpose and usage. I applied explaining the situation and was rejected (with a request to provide more information - I still have to resubmit that, but it's time and I just haven't gotten around to that yet).
It's possible to stream millions of tweets per day, but good luck trying to do it "within minutes of creating an account". And it's definitely not free.
For full context: I'm already a verified user on Twitter (ie, "blue check mark") and
Read the rest
was clear in my application that I was requesting access so I could develop and test the library that other users of the Twitter API develop with. I'm not exactly complaining that they didn't approve the request initially, but if that's not sufficient to get access, it's pretty clear that they're not "giving away their data to anyone that wants it for free".
[0] https://github.com/ChimeraCoder/anaconda