should_be_verified: Should be verified

In mkearney/shouldbeverified: Predict Whether Twitter Users Should Be Verified

Description

Generates prediction of whether Twitter user(s) should be verified. See details section below for more information on the prediction model

Usage

should_be_verified(user, token = NULL)

Arguments

user

Screen name, user ID, or data frame of user data returned by https://rtweet.info function, e.g., lookup_users, get_timeline, search_tweets.

token

Token object to be used in any requests sent to Twitter's REST API (it's passed to internal rtweet function). API requests are only made if the input object is a screen name or user ID. The default, NULL, will look for a token saved as an environment token or will leverage the rtweet app to request a token on behalf of the user<e2><80><93>this requires the user to be in an interactive session and to have a valid user name and password with which to log into their Twitter account.

Details

Predictions generated from a boosted logistic regression model trained on 24,000 verified and non-verified Twitter accounts. Performance on test data was 96

Value

A named (screen name) numeric vector represented the predicted probability of an account being verified

mkearney/shouldbeverified documentation built on May 13, 2019, 9:52 p.m.