GNIP has been reselling the real-time Twitter stream for well over a year now. Presumably, part of what you pay for the service actually ends up in Twitter's pocket.
Yeah, I assumed they weren't doing it out of the goodness of their hearts - just that analytics seems like something they'd want to keep a handle on themselves.
Here's the initial Gnip announcement from almost 2 years ago where Twitter somewhat explain their rationale:
Here's the initial Gnip announcement from almost 2 years ago where Twitter somewhat explain their rationale:
http://allthingsd.com/20101117/gnip-becomes-twitters-first-a...