How to search Twitter with R

The video tutorial explains how to use the R Track and R Tweet packages to download, search, and analyze tweets from Twitter, especially during conferences. It covers setting up and authorizing R Tweet, searching tweets with specific hashtags, analyzing tweet data, and visualizing it using the Reactable package. The tutorial also demonstrates creating clickable links in R and emphasizes the importance of saving data locally due to Twitter API limitations.

What is the primary purpose of using the R package with Twitter data?

• To create a new social media platform

• To download and analyze tweets

• To send automated tweets

• To hack into Twitter accounts

What is required to authorize the R package to access your Twitter account?

• A LinkedIn account

• A Google account

• A Facebook account

• A Twitter account and authorization credentials

What is a limitation of the search_tweets function?

• It can only retrieve tweets from private accounts

• It can only search for tweets from verified accounts

• It can only retrieve tweets from the last 6 to 9 days

• It can only search for tweets with images

What is the default number of tweets returned by the search_tweets function?

• 200

• 500

• 50

• 100

Why might you receive fewer tweets than requested when using search_tweets?

• The API is down

• There are not enough tweets in the specified time frame

• The function is not working properly

• The tweets are deleted automatically

Which package is mentioned as an alternative to DT for creating sortable tables?

• ggplot2

• dplyr

• reactable

• shiny

What feature does reactable lack compared to the DT package?

• Video embedding

• Image display

• Character filtering

• Numeric sorting

What is the purpose of using the glue package in the context of this tutorial?

• To filter tweets by date

• To send tweets

• To create visualizations

• To format URLs for clickable links

What is the purpose of creating a separate column for URLs in the tweet data?

• To display images

• To make URLs clickable

• To hide URLs

• To delete URLs

What should you do if your conference hashtag has more than 18,000 tweets?

• Contact Twitter support

• Ignore the extra tweets

• Use the retry on rate limit argument

• Delete some tweets