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| URL | http://twitter.com |
| Status | Online! |
| Archiving status | Not saved yet |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) |
Twitter is a microblogging service. With each "entry" being 140 characters or less, the ease which which you can track the tiniest details of your life is amazing. The site has become very popular as a result.
The site is becoming so popular, in fact, that many people are deserting or cutting back on their weblogs to just use the Twitter service for what their weblogging used to fulfill; and with that comes rampant centralization, and with that, greater risk. Back up your tweets!
Archives
There are currently a few archives (but only partially):
- Cheng-Caverlee-Lee September 2009 - January 2010 Twitter Scrape: almost 10 millon tweets
- The May 2011 Calufa Twitter Scrape: 90+ million tweets from more than 6 million users
- http://www.archive.org/details/archiveteam-json-twitterstream http://www.archive.org/details/archiveteam-json-twitterstream-2012
Backup Tools
- Twitter enables you to request an archive of all of your tweets from the main settings page, which includes every tweet of yours (therefore bypassing the normal 3200 tweet API limit). This is then emailed to the account linked with the account.
- Tweetscan Data downloads your Twitter archive from 12/2007 onward in CSV format (requires Twitter account login/password)
- t by sferik is a command-line interface for Twitter using the API via an application you create on your account. Not only does it allow easy CSV/JSON export of your own data, but it allows you to scrape others tweets. API limits apply but this tool is very powerful
Twitter automatically resizes uploaded images. To get image in its original resolution, append :orig after the url, e.g.:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBAoaU1UwAIUPIc.jpg:orig
Scraping
See Site exploration for details.
Vital Signs
Very stable, probably not going anywhere too soon without warning.
Library of Congress
The U.S. Library of Congress announced in April 2010, via its official Twitter account that it will be acquiring the entire archive of Twitter messages back through March 2006. [1]
