Somebody tracked his tweets and until recently the insane ones came from an Android phone (which he was known to use — an outdated, insecure version no less,) and the more professional-looking ones came from an iPhone (and not at three in the morning.) It appears he switched to a new iPhone around the 8th.
People more familiar with the Twitter API may be able to glean more information.
ETA: Remember when Obama took office and wanted to stay on the Blackberry platform? The Secret Service eventually allowed it, but instituted strict rules and had a specially hardened one made for him. You’ve got to wonder what they were doing letting the Cheeto keep using his obsolete and vulnerable Galaxy.
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Somebody in this case would be David Robertson. Others, like Fisseha Berhane, did other sentiment analyses considering the then-candidate.
The best part: David and Fisseha (and others) documented their methods. You can do it yourself. No need to dive deep into the API for this.
I always meant do meddle with pulling data from twitter and analysing it. However, when I tried, I noticed I need to give them my mobile phone number, which I didn’t want to do. Then, after the election, I quit. Gave my twitter account to someone who has rights to the handle. I just could not stand all the “negativity” any longer. So much for sentiment analysis.
I tried to compensate on BB BBS. But perhaps, I should just recluse myself from it, as well. That should improve my life.
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