People are wondering what parts of their online selves, loved ones and favorite celebrities to save in case the bird goes belly-up
to “keep the powerful accountable” by monitoring and archiving tweets from celebrities, politicians and public figures.
But what about the average Twitter user, whose posts have not been deemed of interest by anyone but those who know them? Many users have tweeted in recent days that they are seeking to archive tweets from loved ones who have passed away. “Is it possible to download someone else’s archive? My sister’s tweets are still posted from six years ago and I reread them when I miss her” one user wrote. “One of my closest friends passed away last year, when I’m having a bad day I still go and find him on Twitter and laugh at his sarcastic tweets,” another said. “It would be heartbreaking for his account to just disappear.
“This reveals a difficult problem on a cultural, engineering and cost level,” Scott said. “Most companies do not consider their own mortality in their code or engineering design.” The archive of Twitter may look quite different from the online version – many tools for downloading tweets do not save media included with them, or replies. It is difficult to scrape accounts for content over time, particularly those that are private. The sheer volume of posts on Twitter make it particularly difficult to archive.
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