@inproceedings{896f429d3bff482b9e2c44b0fdc49746,
title = "Two 1\%s Don't make a whole: Comparing simultaneous samples from Twitter's Streaming API",
abstract = "We compare samples of tweets from the Twitter Streaming API constructed from different connections that tracked the same popular keywords at the same time. We find that on average, over 96\% of the tweets seen in one sample are seen in all others. Those tweets found only in a subset of samples do not significantly differ from tweets found in all samples in terms of user popularity or tweet structure. We conclude they are likely the result of a technical artifact rather than any systematic bias. Practically, our results show that an infinite number of Streaming API samples are necessary to collect {"}most{"} of the tweets containing a popular keyword, and that findings from one sample from the Streaming API are likely to hold for all samples that could have been taken. Methodologically, our approach is extendible to other types of social media data beyond Twitter.",
author = "Kenneth Joseph and Landwehr, \{Peter M.\} and Carley, \{Kathleen M.\}",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-05579-4\_10",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319055787",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "75--83",
booktitle = "Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction - 7th International Conference, SBP 2014, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
note = "7th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction, SBP 2014 ; Conference date: 01-04-2014 Through 04-04-2014",
}