By: JTDabbagian
Anyone else think that this is a SERIOUSLY bad idea? I really think they should let it go… A: All sorts of privacy/embarrassment issues B: The task is probably impossible. I think the LoC should look...
View ArticleBy: Colin Rosenthal
A. All tweets are public, so privacy is not an issue as such. There could be legal problems with e.g. Libellous material. B. It’s not impossible, but even if it were shouldn’t one try to archive as...
View ArticleBy: Andrew Phelps
A lot of people make the “future generations know what flavor burrito I had for lunch” joke. But then consider this 102-year-old photograph of New York City, which I grabbed from the web at random:...
View ArticleBy: Lee Keels
If Twitter already stores it, and it can already be searched, why does the Library of Congress need to duplicate it?
View ArticleBy: Greg Kochanski
It’s a seriously bad idea to make it available for the first 60 years. Then it’s an amusing way to skewer retired politicians, then after 100 years, it’s valuable history. Give people some...
View ArticleBy: Clyde Smith
I do think it’s a misuse of the LIbrary of Congress’ resources. Not that it should matter but I say that not just as a blogger who’s on Twitter but as a PhD in Cultural Studies who understand the...
View ArticleBy: Athox
Essentially this is like archiving newspapers. So what’s the problem? If you’re putting it on twitter, don’t effing complain about privacy…
View ArticleBy: Adamantios Koumpis
The very nature of tweets is ephemeral – the same as much of the content communicated through social networks; of course, there are many good reasons why one *should* archive ephemeral information –...
View ArticleBy: Fun Virginian
Then you hit the nail on the head. Obviously Twitter uses some type of database to store this. Database mirrors are very common today. It could be a mirrored at many sites. As such the search would be...
View ArticleBy: z s
Possibly the most useful thing the LoC has ever done. Or is the other way around? There is no telling when we have official government branches who apparently do nothing but look at Twitter all day.
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