So I tweeted this:
Some people took notice, and I thought I should explain my idea bit better, in case somebody would actually try to take the challenge. As always possible fame, mentions & maybe a cup of coffee awaits those who can put something together.
1. Background
Ashley Madison hacked. Dumped data. And this guy, @deuszu, seem to know more about it than most on Twitter. Douchebag, Smartass or the real deal? Lets leave that for others to properly investigate. In any case, I was fascinated when I saw that he mostly wrote new tweets, even when he was commenting or replying to others. If you don't watch carefully and use the search function, his tweets looks like an endlesss rant from someone who should drink less coffee. Brian Krebs also made a note of this in his post on August 15: Who Hacked Ashley Madison?
2. My challenge (to you)
There are tons of Twitter analytics tools out there. Forensic toolkits as well, such as TwitterForensics (still waiting for my demo download link….). Wouldn't be surprised if Maltego has something for Twitter as well. But given the rather unique nature of deuszu's tweets, I'm not sure how much they can help me. So here's the most basic form of what I want:
- Enter link to 1 tweet from a specific user, or enter a username
- Show me replies to that user or particular tweet (or show me the threaded conversation if there is one, incl if he replied to someone)
- Allow me basic search filters to see replies to, or mentions received by A) his followers, B) accounts he follows and/or C) anyone else
Now for the parts that probably makes this new & unique:
- Give me a date/time threshold option to see only E) mentions of this particular user from [selecteable from A,B,C) and/or F) tweets (tweet/mention/reply) made by [selectable from A,B,C)
The purpose of this is of course to find tweets from him that are indeed comments/replies to others who may have mentioned him, or that he follows. Bonus option: searching for keywords used by him (input list) that are also used by others.
Example: he tweets "Tango down!", I can search for "Thunderstruck|ACDC|tango|down|dump" in tweets from his followers, or anyone he follows.
3. Why?
No idea. I don't know if it will be useful. It could be. You could patent it, set up a company called "tweet conversation forensics Ltd", sell your product for a ton of cash, get rich, stay faithful to your wife and go on vacation to Bermuda. I don't care much, as long as I get a free license that covers my needs. I would prefer it as open-source though. I'm an idealist, and want to help make the world a better place to be.
Oh, and I'll mention you, say "Thank you!", use emojis in my tweet and link to your sourcecode. If we ever meet, I'll buy you a coffee. That's pretty much what I can offer these days.
@thorsheim