Tag Archives: DiscoverText

DiscoverText + GNIP + Klout = Analytic Power

On October 1st, Texifter staff will begin testing the GNIP Firehose for Twitter, which delivers 100% of the Tweets you want, based on the criteria which users provide. This is a remarkable tool and will greatly contribute to the evolution … Continue reading

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22,348 bin Laden Tweets: Coded!

It took all of three days for 27 individuals from around the country (and maybe the world) to collectively code 22,348 Tweets that mentioned Osama bin Laden, following his assassination. This crowdsourcing feat, sponsored by the Qualitative Data Analysis Program … Continue reading

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Major Functionality Updates

Thanks to our superb development staff, Texifter has launched new updates to DiscoverText on both the front-end and back-end. The updates unlock a new level of speed, interactivity, and functionality. Overall, the updates enhance user’s ability to mine data for with … Continue reading

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100 Million Documents

A few days ago, DiscoverText ingested document 100,000,000. It was probably a Tweet. Researchers woke up today to a newly optimized database of more than 300,000,000 meta data values. Over the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out … Continue reading

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PowerTrack for Twitter

DiscoverText is preparing to launch a short and exclusive beta test period using “PowerTrack for Twitter Firehose Filtering” a service provided by GNIP. Compared to the “rate limited” service offered by DiscoverText through the public Twitter API, the “Full Firehose” … Continue reading

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Shaky News Coverage of Libya

This weekend, opposition forces in Libya fought a ground war to oust long-standing dictator Col. Gaddafi. Simultaneously, a global news war also waged, as news sources sought to be the shining star in broadcasting the latest from Tripoli. Some of … Continue reading

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Rate Limits on Twitter

The evolution of the API opens the door for third-party developers to access information on social media networks. In the best case, this provides a healthy, democratic flow of information. Yesterday, DiscoverText had “rate limits” imposed in terms of its … Continue reading

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Presenting Actionable Insights

Everyday, users of social media miss out on potentially important pieces of information which they seek to find. This problem, which everyone encounters, illustrates a larger conundrum which confronts users of social media; information overload. For those who are not … Continue reading

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ACUS Calls for ‘Reliable Comment Analysis Software’

In a recent series of recommendations, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), announced findings under the auspices of “Legal Considerations in e-Rulemaking,” from the Committee on Rulemaking. Having spent more than decade working on e-Rulemaking, I was curious … Continue reading

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DiscoverText Webinar

Learn to Use DiscoverText – Free Tutorial Webinar Tuesday August 16 at 1:00 PM EST Webinar Registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 This free, live Webinar introduces DiscoverText and key features used to ingest, filter, search & code text. We take your questions and … Continue reading

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Klout Marketing by Spotify

In Q1 of this year, serious internet chatter surfaced about the possibility of popular Swedish online streaming music service Spotify launching in the U.S. Spotify is a tantalizing proposition for the American media consumer. While there are costs incurred, the service … Continue reading

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Twitter Opinion on Debt Ceiling

LATEST TWITTER OPINION POLLS REGARDING THE DEBT CEILING: (CONSISTENT WITH ZOGBY POLL NUMBERS) Here’s how we got there…. Since the debt ceiling fiasco began, nation-wide outrage toward Washington has been at an all time high. Naturally, here at Texifter, we … Continue reading

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Hurtigruten: A Norwegian Social Media Phenomenon

Here at Texifter, we are regularly impressed by the many ways in which our increasing number of end-users discover new ways to apply DiscoverText’s capabilities to their own research. With each new success story, we are – once again – … Continue reading

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Updates to the DiscoverText Terms of Service

Effective July 25th, 2011, Texifter has modified the Terms of Service governing its DiscoverText product and the use of Texifter’s services and sites in general. The primary changes of importance include: Paragraph 1.1: we’ve removed the phrase “and excluding any … Continue reading

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Bin Laden, Oil & Foreign Policy

Immediately following President Obama’s speech on the evening of May 1 confirming the execution of Osama bin Laden, the DiscoverText team began collecting all twitter posts which contained the key words “Osama,” and “Bin Laden.”  The bin Laden project collected … Continue reading

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