It’s worth mentioning that third-party clients and automated account builders aren’t the only ones that utilise Twitter’s APIs. The data generated by the platform is regularly used by researchers for a number of objectives. For example, in the aftermath of the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 36,000 people in Turkey and Syria, members of the Turkish diaspora used tweets to create heatmaps showing where survivors could be found, with the intention of sharing their findings with rescue crews and aid organisations.
