Making Tools for Social Media Research: Principles and (Future) Challenges
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Describes building open-source tools for social media research (DMI-TCAT for Twitter, YouTube Data Tools, and 4CAT for Reddit/4chan), focusing on reliability, reproducibility, and how tools shape research questions and methods. Examines practical challenges in interacting with platform companies and web APIs and addresses user privacy and legal compliance (e.g., GDPR), outlining the scope of these issues and proposing ways forward.
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