Library of Congress acquires entire Twitter archives

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:09 PM
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Library of Congress acquires entire Twitter archives

Source: USA Today

The Library of Congress says it has acquired the entire Twitter archives -- every public tweet since the service began in March 2007.

The Library of Congress, fittingly, announced it in this tweet:

Library acquires ENTIRE Twitter archive. ALL tweets. More info here

The library notes that Twitter processes more than 50 million tweets a day and says its emphasis will be on the "scholarly and research implications of the acquisition."

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/library-of-congress-acquires-entire-twitter-archives-/1

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:11 PM
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1. scholarly and research implications of twitter? Lol

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:13 PM
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2. It sounded like the Patriot Act in action..but these things aren't really private are they?!

So yeah..maybe it's scholarly after all.

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:27 PM
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4. In 25 years someone will do a thesis on it. Bank on it.

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:34 PM
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5. a content analysis

(what is said, when and by whom) would have significant scholarly applications. For example: how do new words, phrases, thoughts and ideas flow through a population?
or
what attributes make up the gatekeepers of modern popular populations?
or
Can this flow be correlated to any naturally occurring system?

information flow is a big area and the more data you have, especially in a consistent format (something twitter does), can be invaluable to research and the sheer volume of tweets provides a great deal of data to analyze.

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:49 PM
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7. Might make members of Congress to think before they tweet

they have been known to make unbecoming tweets.
:rofl:

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Wed Apr-14-10 02:50 PM
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6. I'd be surprised if "Lonesome Rhodes" didn't use this for fear and paranoia

I can already hear folks like Beck decrying this as the federal gov. spying on us. Never heard a peep out of him on warrant-less wiretaps though. This sounds like something he'd jump on.

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:56 PM
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8. I am on twitter..never posted a tweet but have many followers???

following me is BORING

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