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Library of Congress To Archive All Public Tweets

Posted by timothy on from the he-ain't-heavy-he's-less-than-140-chars dept.

After the recent announcement that Groklaw will be archived at the Library of Congress, mjn writes with word that the push to archive more digital content continues: "The US Library of Congress announced a deal with Twitter to archive all public tweets, dating back to Twitter's inception in March 2006. More details at their blog. No word yet on precisely what will be done with the collection, but besides entering your friends' important updates on the quality of breakfast into the permanent archival record, the deal may improve access for researchers wanting to analyze and mine Twitter's giant database."

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  1. Diabolical Intentions by Ordonator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, once they've finished, they plan to destroy the entire world so that they can claim to have truly archived all human knowledge, forever.

  2. Re:Your tax dollars at work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And just because you don't have to, doesn't mean you shouldn't!

    This is probably the best way to capture a snapshot of our current society. Sure, the barrier for entry is a little lower, but I think this will be invaluable for historians who look back and try to understand us.

    Or, if anything, it'll confuse the hell out of them .

    Everyone wins either way!

    captcha: formally

  3. Re:Your tax dollars at work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi, @librarycongress! I just took a shit. I am honored that you will be archiving this momentous occasion for future generations.