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Twitter Heading To The Library Of Congress!

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U.S. Library of Congress posted on its Twitter that it will be acquiring Twitter's entire archives through March 2006.

The Library does an extensive amount of research with data format standards and it's possible that they could discover patterns of social interaction. Although no one knows what data will be included!

LOC blogger Matt Raymond gave some deets on the announcement:

Expect to see an emphasis on the scholarly and research implications of the acquisition. I'm no Ph.D., but it boggles my mind to think what we might be able to learn about ourselves and the world around us from this wealth of data. And I'm certain we'll learn things that none of us now can even possibly conceive.

There are 105 million users on Twitter and we're not sure how they feel about their Tweets being archived! Yikes!

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7 comments to “Twitter Heading To The Library Of Congress!”



  1. 1

    Is that even legal??



  2. 2

    "not sure" about tweets being archived? ha. by it's nature tweeting puts your thoughts into a public forum. once you put yourself out there for all to see, you can't possibly take issue with the possibility that it might be archived by someone, and if you do, it's your fault for not taking into consideration the ramifications about speaking your mind to a virtual world-stage…



  3. 3

    is that even legal?? wtf that's the stupidest thing ever. like common… they're ridiculous.



  4. 4

    thank god i got off of that a while ago



  5. 5

    I wouldn't write anything for the world to see if i didn't want anyone to see it… idc

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    6

    What a waste of time, energy and money.



  7. 7

    "Through March 2006"? Does that mean FROM March 2006? I think it's a waste of time, but I have no problems with it, considering I wasn't posting anything March 2006!