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Plan to archive every tweet in the Library of Congress still happening (niemanlab.org)
2 points by hornokplease on July 19, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


As someone who has tried to work with Twitter data for academic purposes, I think this is still a great idea.

Further, it recognizes the idea that what we view as mundane now, may actually be extremely valuable for understanding the world of 2012 (etc.) decades from now.




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