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FireAnt (Filter, Identify, Report, and Export Analysis Toolkit) is a freeware social media and data analysis toolkit with built-in visualization tools including time-series, geo-position (map), and network (graph) plotting. News, questions, and discussion items related to the software can be posted here helping future users to find information about the software and solutions to problems they may have. Please be nice and polite to other members.

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Elliot Leoni, Laurence Anthony2

3/19/23

Twitter API access

Hi Elliot, As you may have heard in the press, I'm sorry to say that free access to the standard

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Twitter API access

Hi Elliot, As you may have heard in the press, I'm sorry to say that free access to the standard

3/19/23

Anastasia Av, Laurence Anthony4

8/10/22

Incomplete tweets

Hi Anastasia, Sorry for the very slow reply. I only noticed that I hadn't replied to your email

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Incomplete tweets

Hi Anastasia, Sorry for the very slow reply. I only noticed that I hadn't replied to your email

8/10/22

Cara Evans, ALMUDENA DIAZ GARCIA2

7/25/22

Filtering tweets question

Hello! Maybe there is a better way of doing this but what I did to get rid of RTs is: I added a text

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Filtering tweets question

Hello! Maybe there is a better way of doing this but what I did to get rid of RTs is: I added a text

7/25/22

ALMUDENA DIAZ GARCIA2

6/24/22

Thank you so, so much for the solution!! What a lifesaver! El martes, 21 de junio de 2022 a las 13:19

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Thank you so, so much for the solution!! What a lifesaver! El martes, 21 de junio de 2022 a las 13:19

6/24/22

Laurence Anthony

5/25/22

Lost discussion messages and requests to join

Dear All, I've recently been noticed that many messages from my various discussion groups were

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Lost discussion messages and requests to join

Dear All, I've recently been noticed that many messages from my various discussion groups were

5/25/22

12/28/21

Instagram compatibility? (Q&A)

Can FireAnt be used to perform corpus analysis on data scrapped from Instagram accounts? Or would one

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Instagram compatibility? (Q&A)

Can FireAnt be used to perform corpus analysis on data scrapped from Instagram accounts? Or would one

12/28/21

Wajdi Zaghouani

9/11/21

FireAnt Arabic Unicode display issues

Hello all, I used FireAnt to download Tweets written in Arabic. Once saved, the Json files created

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FireAnt Arabic Unicode display issues

Hello all, I used FireAnt to download Tweets written in Arabic. Once saved, the Json files created

9/11/21

florent....@gmail.com

8/27/21

FireAnt 2.0.4 quits unexpectedly on a Mac

Dear Laurence, I've just downloaded the latest version of FireAnt and am trying to use it on a

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FireAnt 2.0.4 quits unexpectedly on a Mac

Dear Laurence, I've just downloaded the latest version of FireAnt and am trying to use it on a

8/27/21

3/8/21

Running FireAnt on a Mac

Hello, I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to run FireAnt (2.0.2) on a Mac (with the latest version of

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Running FireAnt on a Mac

Hello, I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to run FireAnt (2.0.2) on a Mac (with the latest version of

3/8/21

Michael Klontzas, Laurence Anthony4

10/12/20

Consuming too much processing power

Thanks Michael, I'll certainly look into this. Laurence. ########################################

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Consuming too much processing power

Thanks Michael, I'll certainly look into this. Laurence. ########################################

10/12/20

Michael Klontzas

10/12/20

Raspberry Pi 32 bit

It would be great if I could install FireAnt on my headless Raspberry Pi 4, 32 bit which is running

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Raspberry Pi 32 bit

It would be great if I could install FireAnt on my headless Raspberry Pi 4, 32 bit which is running

10/12/20

Michael Klontzas

10/12/20

Can someone please confirm FireAnt actually uses the Streaming API, capturing all tweets as delivered

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Can someone please confirm FireAnt actually uses the Streaming API, capturing all tweets as delivered

10/12/20

Keith Broni, Laurence Anthony2

9/1/20

Loading file, field names not display

Hi Keith, Perhaps you could try opening the file in a regular text editor (eg Notepad++ or Notepad)

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Loading file, field names not display

Hi Keith, Perhaps you could try opening the file in a regular text editor (eg Notepad++ or Notepad)

9/1/20

6/22/20

Hello, after collecting Twitter data, I open the json file, selecting the bounding box coordinates

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Hello, after collecting Twitter data, I open the json file, selecting the bounding box coordinates

6/22/20

1/16/20

tweets from the past

Hi Laurence, Just wondering if you've found any way around to collect tweets from the past with

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tweets from the past

Hi Laurence, Just wondering if you've found any way around to collect tweets from the past with

1/16/20

Sara Lidguard, … Kelly Wright6

1/9/20

Can’t authorise twitter

Thank you, Sir!!!! On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 9:18 AM Laurence Anthony <antho...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Can’t authorise twitter

Thank you, Sir!!!! On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 9:18 AM Laurence Anthony <antho...@gmail.com> wrote:

1/9/20

Hannah Bingham Brunner, Laurence Anthony2

6/25/19

Exporting data error in csv and txt files

Hi Hannah, I suggest you open the file in a good text editor like Notepad++ and check the encoding.

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Exporting data error in csv and txt files

Hi Hannah, I suggest you open the file in a good text editor like Notepad++ and check the encoding.

6/25/19

12/11/18

"Start time in the past"

Hi, I've downloaded the Macintosh OS X (1.1.3) version and would like to collect historical

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"Start time in the past"

Hi, I've downloaded the Macintosh OS X (1.1.3) version and would like to collect historical

12/11/18

Frederik Elwert, Laurence Anthony4

10/25/18

Support JSONL format (from twarc)

Dear Frederik, Yes, I'll certainly add jsonl as an accepted file format. To be honest, I didn

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Support JSONL format (from twarc)

Dear Frederik, Yes, I'll certainly add jsonl as an accepted file format. To be honest, I didn

10/25/18

Thulfiqar Hussein Altahmazi

7/31/18

Cannot download FireAnt on my windows 10

Hi Laurence, I am facing problem downloading FireAnt on my widnows 10 PC. I wonder it there is a

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Cannot download FireAnt on my windows 10

Hi Laurence, I am facing problem downloading FireAnt on my widnows 10 PC. I wonder it there is a

7/31/18

Anna T, Laurence Anthony3

6/11/18

Problems collecting from Twitter, FireAnt 1.1.4

Thanks for your reply. I will double check and try again (rookie mistake...). Best wishes Anna On

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Problems collecting from Twitter, FireAnt 1.1.4

Thanks for your reply. I will double check and try again (rookie mistake...). Best wishes Anna On

6/11/18

1/23/18

Twitter search: exact match

Hello everybody, I need to search the exact string "non è che" in the Italian Twitter

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Twitter search: exact match

Hello everybody, I need to search the exact string "non è che" in the Italian Twitter

1/23/18

elmarsc...@googlemail.com, Laurence Anthony2

1/6/18

"date" for timeseries data

Hi E., Just select the column containing date/time data in the dialog box for the time series

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"date" for timeseries data

Hi E., Just select the column containing date/time data in the dialog box for the time series

1/6/18

Alex Christiansen, Laurence Anthony4

12/10/17

Text cut-off and character limits?

Hi, I think it definitely needs more investigation, especially as the default now is to have an

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Text cut-off and character limits?

Hi, I think it definitely needs more investigation, especially as the default now is to have an

12/10/17

Niklas Peterson, Laurence Anthony2

12/9/17

Don't know how to search Twitter for hits from a specific prior date, such as "2008", help?

Hi, Hi! I haven't read all the FAQs and manuals or tutorials yet... I recommend that you read the

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Don't know how to search Twitter for hits from a specific prior date, such as "2008", help?

Hi, Hi! I haven't read all the FAQs and manuals or tutorials yet... I recommend that you read the

12/9/17

Abe_S, … Laurence Anthony19

12/8/17

Twitter data collection problems with v1.1.0

Hi, Earlier today, I downloaded FireAnt 1.1.4 activated the Twitter collector and started downloading

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Twitter data collection problems with v1.1.0

Hi, Earlier today, I downloaded FireAnt 1.1.4 activated the Twitter collector and started downloading

12/8/17

Florent Moncomble

12/8/17

Twitter Data Collection maxes out below set limit (v1.1.3 macOS & v1.1.4 Windows)

Dear Laurence, I'm currently experiencing an issue with FireAnt where Twitter Data Collection, in

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Twitter Data Collection maxes out below set limit (v1.1.3 macOS & v1.1.4 Windows)

Dear Laurence, I'm currently experiencing an issue with FireAnt where Twitter Data Collection, in

12/8/17

11/20/17

Problem with Twitter Data Collector (Windows 8)

Hello, I'm a French student and I'm preparing an oral presentation for my semister in

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Problem with Twitter Data Collector (Windows 8)

Hello, I'm a French student and I'm preparing an oral presentation for my semister in

11/20/17

Arash Javadi, Laurence Anthony2

11/13/17

Saving Instagram comments section

Dear Arash, FireAnt currently only allows the saving of Twitter posts. Instagram has a very strict

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Saving Instagram comments section

Dear Arash, FireAnt currently only allows the saving of Twitter posts. Instagram has a very strict

11/13/17

Thulfiqar Al-Tahmazi, Laurence Anthony3

9/4/17

Hashtag History

Thanks! On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10:38:18 AM UTC-5, Thulfiqar Al-Tahmazi wrote: Dear Laurence,

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Hashtag History

Thanks! On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 10:38:18 AM UTC-5, Thulfiqar Al-Tahmazi wrote: Dear Laurence,

9/4/17

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