Use the spritzer to sample tweets, but you only need to sample follower_count data per user over time.
On May 26, 9:33 am, Ryan Bell <ryan.j.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > I appreciate the suggestion, but am looking to provide the > functionality naively in our client as we may end up competing with > their service. > > What I need is what gives them the ability to provide that data (if > they do). We are all using the same Twitter API, but I can't figure > out a way to do it. > > Thanks! > > Ryan > > On May 21, 3:18 pm, Peter Denton <petermden...@gmail.com> wrote:> Ryan, you > might want to check out twittercounter and their api. They have > > some cool data around follower growth. > > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Ryan Bell <ryan.j.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > How do I get # of followers over time? > > > > I've seen several sites that list a graph that shows your follower > > > count over time. ex) 4/1/10 you had 200 followes...5/1/2010 you had > > > 247 followers....and so on. > > > > I would love to add this feature to my Twitter site, but can't find > > > the data that I would need in order to do it. Does the API provide > > > information on any of the following? > > > > 1. # of followers at a particular time? > > > 2. Time in which a follower began following you? > > > > If the API doesn't provide this info, then how are other sites doing > > > this? I doubt its from checking daily as the moment you sign up with > > > a site that has this feature, they have your follower graph over time > > > for at least 12 months of history. > > > > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > Ryan
