autotootmine
Autotootmine is the automated collection and analysis of public toots from federated social networks such as Mastodon. It involves harvesting public timelines or real-time streams, then processing and analyzing the text to extract trends, linguistic features, sentiment, or other signals. The term is used in academic, journalistic, and product research contexts to describe end-to-end pipelines that scale beyond manual data gathering.
A typical autotootmine workflow uses an application that authenticates with the platform’s API, subscribes to relevant
Applications of autotootmine include sociolinguistic studies, public opinion monitoring, early detection of events or crises, market
Limitations and ethical considerations are significant. Public availability of data does not imply universal consent, and
See also: Mastodon, Fediverse, social media analytics, data ethics, natural language processing.