The Library of Congress has been archiving tweets for a while now, but starting today, Twitter is rolling out the ability for individual users to download a record of their own Twitter activity. Users will be able to relive their witty observations, election predictions, butt tweets and death threats, all the way back to the beginning of Twitter. The big question: will they want to?
https://twitter.com/RosieGray/status/281512555191599106
https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/281514503286439936
Wait, Twitter has been secretly saving all my tweets to put into a delightful archive! This is too far — I'm quitting.
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) December 19, 2012
The only thing my twitter archive would be good for is remembering the times in life I was riding on a bus.
— Been to France (@OrthoStice) December 19, 2012
https://twitter.com/angiee5110/status/281523233461784576
Just request my twitter archive. Wonder what crap/genius things I was saying when I started here 🙂
— MrOzAtheist (@MrOzAtheist) December 19, 2012
Twitter has posted instructions here, but if the option isn’t available for you yet, be patient: word is that the service is being rolled out “slowly” and to English-language users first.
The first tweet ever sent by @Reuters, on March 20th, 2007: http://t.co/vD3SRBkW
— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) December 19, 2012
Drum roll, please…
Russia hunts missing after mine blast kills 106 http://tinyurl.com/2bd49t
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 20, 2007
We don’t remember that either. Here’s a taste of what you’ll see once you download your own tweet history.
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Here's my first three tweets, from February 4, 2007. As you can see, I wasn't very good at it… – pic.twitter.com/RAbCeWkP
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) December 19, 2012
(I should also clarify I was a radio intern back then)
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) December 19, 2012
So, how anxious are you to revisit your entire tweet history?
https://twitter.com/heaveaway/status/281526138218639361
My Twitter archive is so good I'm going to make it available as an ebook.
— Patrick Avenelllllllllll (@Patrickavenell) December 19, 2012
Scanning through my complete historic Tweet archive. Hard to believe, looking at them, that I am employed.
— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) December 19, 2012
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