Ummm...did you know your tweets are being archived through the Library of Congress. I sure didn't. To be clear, all tweet collections have stopped as of 2017 and only those that seem relevant to the time will be archived.
A 2017 CNN article reports, "That means tweets from President Trump and other newsmakers will continue to be archived, but your (allegedly) witty rants on “The Last Jedi” may not be. "Generally, the tweets collected and archived will be thematic and event-based, including events such as elections, or themes of ongoing national interest, e.g. public policy,” the Library said in a statement.
What does this mean for your digital footprint? It means that some of your tweets might have been stored at that huge library in D.C. Well at least prior to 2017.
Oh my. I hadn't thought about this before. Thanks for sharing. I posted in my blog some concerns I have about digital trash. Sometimes it seems hard to get rid of things on my own and can't image the challenge for the government.
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