Comments on: An experiment in creating an ‘Auto-Debunker’ twitter account http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: How to collaborate (or crowdsource) by combining Delicious and Google Docs | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-54425 How to collaborate (or crowdsource) by combining Delicious and Google Docs | Online Journalism Blog Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:45:25 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-54425 [...] Disadvantages: longer set up time – you’ll need to create a new account, and work out an easy way for it to automatically capture bookmarks from the group. One way is to pull an RSS feed of any mentions on Twitter and use Twitterfeed to auto-tweet them with a hashtag, and then Packrati.us to auto-bookmark all tweeted links (a similar process is detailed here). [...] [...] Disadvantages: longer set up time – you’ll need to create a new account, and work out an easy way for it to automatically capture bookmarks from the group. One way is to pull an RSS feed of any mentions on Twitter and use Twitterfeed to auto-tweet them with a hashtag, and then Packrati.us to auto-bookmark all tweeted links (a similar process is detailed here). [...]

]]> By: Link Stew: Isometric Text, Auto-Debunking, Monocles Economies | John Bell | Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-50555 Link Stew: Isometric Text, Auto-Debunking, Monocles Economies | John Bell | Blog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:01:02 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-50555 [...] whatever that may be.What if everybody who tweeted something that’s patently false got an instant reply telling them as much?Google News badges:  Like FourSquare, but for the web.  For people who were afraid that Google [...] [...] whatever that may be.What if everybody who tweeted something that’s patently false got an instant reply telling them as much?Google News badges:  Like FourSquare, but for the web.  For people who were afraid that Google [...]

]]> By: ‘Autodebunker’ alerts people retweeting erroneous news stories | Astrid Bidanec http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-43443 ‘Autodebunker’ alerts people retweeting erroneous news stories | Astrid Bidanec Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:07:38 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-43443 [...] Online Journalism BlogPaul Bradshaw noticed that commenters quickly debunked a Reuters post last week speculating that News of the World’s closure could enable the company to destroy imporant records, but that didn’t stop about 4,000 people from retweeting the link.… Read more Share this: Tweet this! [...] [...] Online Journalism BlogPaul Bradshaw noticed that commenters quickly debunked a Reuters post last week speculating that News of the World’s closure could enable the company to destroy imporant records, but that didn’t stop about 4,000 people from retweeting the link.… Read more Share this: Tweet this! [...]

]]> By: links for 2011-07-12 » Wha'Happened? http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-43438 links for 2011-07-12 » Wha'Happened? Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:05:28 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-43438 [...] An experiment in creating an ‘Auto-Debunker’ twitter account | Online Journalism Blog (tags: twitter tips automation) [...] [...] An experiment in creating an ‘Auto-Debunker’ twitter account | Online Journalism Blog (tags: twitter tips automation) [...]

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-42460 Paul Bradshaw Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:49:40 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-42460 Thanks - yes, it doesn't seem to be tweeting as much as it should based on the settings I used. Perhaps this can be a pet Python project... Thanks – yes, it doesn’t seem to be tweeting as much as it should based on the settings I used. Perhaps this can be a pet Python project…

]]> By: Oli Conner http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/11/an-experiment-in-creating-an-auto-debunker-twitter-account/#comment-42452 Oli Conner Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:25:21 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14874#comment-42452 I've done something like this before - and I think the only problem I encountered was that there was a limit on the amount of tweets the service will allow (although this might have changed). I was reckon something could be done with the Twitter python library... I’ve done something like this before – and I think the only problem I encountered was that there was a limit on the amount of tweets the service will allow (although this might have changed).

I was reckon something could be done with the Twitter python library…

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