Library of Congress To Archive All Public Tweets 171
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."
Diabolical Intentions (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
They should get a copy of the internet archive while they're at it.
And alt.binaries too. Think of the "research" potential there... ;)
I tweeted about this. (Score:5, Funny)
http://twitter.com/mzzt/status/12179834899 [twitter.com]
It had to be done.
Re:Diabolical Intentions (Score:1, Funny)
Shut up and get on the Scootie-Puff Jr.
Re:Your tax dollars at work... (Score:5, Funny)
Hi, @librarycongress! I just took a shit. I am honored that you will be archiving this momentous occasion for future generations.
Re:Your tax dollars at work... (Score:3, Funny)
When the historians of the 50th century unearth the records of /., they'll realize the Final Dark Age came upon humans in the early part of the 21st century, and that while many saw something happening, none realized the extent. And then they'll click their mandibles in sorrow over what could have been, and move on to the next planet.
Re:Your tax dollars at work... (Score:3, Funny)
50 million tweets/day
140 characters of message
60 bytes of metadata (timestamp, sender id, etc.)
10 GB of twitter archive per day
10 TB per 3 years
Yes, but how much is all of that in Libraries of Congress?
- RG>