Its a shame that Dee/default_friend deleted her twitter, as the internet-history-as-oral question she's raising is a real one, though sort of not in the way that she's approaching it. I'll explain.
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Of course that’s literally true, but that doesn’t keep most of that information from disappearing. Someone has to *consciously* convert the data.
I tend to think the problem will go the other way: without the ability to view a running feed in real time, public blog posts and chat messages will be archived [albeit spottily] but difficult to review due to their volume. Look at how many tweets Trump had.
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To be fair, most stuff is hosted privately, and some hosts would sooner delete their archives than hand a copy to an archivist. I don't think that's Big Tech's way, though. I figure/hope everything you put into Twitter, FB, Google etc lives forever for better or worse.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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