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Re:Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress by tarboreus on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:09PM (#16081233)
Frankly, the firehose will be considered priceless in 100 years. The accounts and tweets that we care about now will also probably be the least valuable. Historians and archaeologists will generally take one grocery list over a thousand sweet nothings from politicians and celebrities.
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Re:Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress by QAPereo on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:22PM (#16081337)
Preserving minutiae for future archaeologists is a bold and exciting idea which should be funded and pursued. It is not however, the mission of the LoC.

Edit: not to mention that I think you have a far too rosy view of the world we’ll be leaving for people 100 years from now.

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Re:Update on the Twitter Archive at the Library of Congress by iamatworknow on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:20PM (#16081743)
Agreed. Hell, I've recovered old hard drive backups from ~10 years ago and have been fascinated by by what I've found. Old e-mails and chat logs and stuff can be very entertaining to dig through.
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