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ALSO: I still have the current scraper running, so I will post different versions that include more than just Trump's posts and their subsequent comments. This data set includes all of Trump's Truths and retruths, except for posts that only contained media, which were ignored, but the comments were still fetched. Again, that was a flaw in my data collection, and I hope to recollect everything again to make a better dataset.
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# Truth Social Dataset (Limited Version)
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**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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## Overview
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This dataset contains posts and comments scraped from Truth Social, focusing on Donald Trump’s posts (“Truths” and “Retruths”).
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Due to the initial collection method, all media and URLs were excluded. Future versions will include complete post data, including images and links.
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## Data Schema
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### Posts
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```json
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{
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"_id": "string", // The post's ID
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"owner": "string", // The user who owns the post
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"text": "string" // The text content of the post (URLs and media removed)
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```
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### Comments
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```json
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"_id": "string", // The comment's ID
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"owner": "string", // The user who created the comment
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"reply_to": "string", // The ID of the message being replied to
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"text": "string" // The text content (URLs and media removed)
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```
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### Users
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```json
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{
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"_id": "string", // The user's ID
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"completed": "boolean", // Whether all posts were scraped accurately up to October 8
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"lastFetch": "string", // The last news post fetched for that author (posts only)
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"resume": "string" // The last post ID fetched by the scraper for that user
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```
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## Notes
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- **Media and URLs:** All URLs and media content were stripped from this dataset.
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- **Coverage:** Includes all of Donald Trump’s Truths and Retruths, except those that contained *only* media.
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- Comments for those posts were still collected.
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- **Data Collection Flaw:** Media-only posts were ignored, which limited completeness.
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- **Scraper:** The current scraper is still running and will continue to collect new data. Future releases will fix previous collection flaws.
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## Usage
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This dataset is freely available for research, analysis, and general use under the **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0)**.
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You are free to use, modify, and share this dataset, provided appropriate credit is given.
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## Future Work
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- Re-scrape data to include media and URLs.
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- Expand dataset beyond Donald Trump’s account.
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- Improve metadata completeness and scraping accuracy.
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- Release updated versions with better coverage and structure.
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## Disclaimer
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This dataset was collected for research and analysis purposes only.
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It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Truth Social, Donald J. Trump, or any related entities.
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