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Seems ppl forget: Twitter dontating all tweets to Library of Congress (2010)
- samstave 4y agoSeems everyone forgot about this, given the current "Twitter FBI scandal" and the bizarro current events with Musk and, basically, all over the world. --- When I interviewed with twitter in ~2006? - they asked me "What do you think Twitter is" I replied: "Twitter is a global sentiment barometer" Thoughts?
- tpmx 4y ago2017 update: https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-archive-at-the-library-of-congress-2/ https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/12/update-on-the-twitter-arch... Today, we announce a change in collections practice for Twitter. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the Library will acquire tweets on a selective basis—similar to our collections of web sites. The Library will continue to preserve and secure its collection of tweet text. The Twitter collection will remain embargoed until access issues can be resolved in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. The Library will work with Twitter to acquire tweets on a selective basis.
- trynewideas 4y agoNor was it all that accessible or useful for research before then: https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/library-of-congress-twitter-archive-119698.html https://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/library-of-congress-t...