when the tweet_mode is set to "extended", twitter API responds with the field
"full_text" instead of text. text is omitted, unless tweet_mode is set to
"compatibility".
So in order to get the text at all in "extended mode", we need this field.
Please refer to https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/upcoming-changes-to-tweets.
edit: please correct me if i got something wrong, i am not an expert concerning the twitter API.
when the tweet_mode is set to "extended", twitter API responds with the field "full_text" instead of text. text is omitted, unless tweet_mode is set to "compatibility". So in order to get the text at all in "extended mode", we need this field. Please refer to https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/upcoming-changes-to-tweets.
edit: please correct me if i got something wrong, i am not an expert concerning the twitter API.