Twitter decoding program

[kmehta]

Originally Posted by Ether

Twitter data is missing entirely for the San Diego, Oregon, Traverse City, Sacramento, and Utah events.

Regarding Sacramento, I talked with the field crew/FTA and their Twitter posts were apparently being blocked by the firewall. If the same happens at SVR, we will have a team member manually copy the data down so it won't be lost.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by kmehta

Regarding Sacramento, I talked with the field crew/FTA and their Twitter posts were apparently being blocked by the firewall. If the same happens at SVR, we will have a team member manually copy the data down so it won't be lost.

It is admirable and I applaud your team for being willing to do that.

But in all seriousness, why should that even be necessary?

This data has significant statistical value and historical interest. The data is already in electronic form. Does anyone know: Is there a compelling reason why the data is being discarded instead of being saved at the point of origin?