I actually think that archiving tweets in the Library of Congress is a great way to show the history and culture of our society, because I've often found searching keywords on Twitter an interesting way to see public opinion forming on a current event.
Contrary to your misguiding link title, all *public* tweets are archived, which makes it not a privacy issue because they are only archiving what has already been made public to the internet.
This is a pretty small investment relative to the amount of money that goes through our government, so I think this is overall a solid idea.
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I actually think that archiving tweets in the Library of Congress is a great way to show the history and culture of our society, because I've often found searching keywords on Twitter an interesting way to see public opinion forming on a current event.
Contrary to your misguiding link title, all *public* tweets are archived, which makes it not a privacy issue because they are only archiving what has already been made public to the internet.
This is a pretty small investment relative to the amount of money that goes through our government, so I think this is overall a solid idea.