How do we keep tweets alive forever?
December 15th 2021
7:00 PM EST | 4:00 PM PST | 12:00 AM GMT
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Since its inception in 2006, Twitter has grown to 175 million users worldwide. People are tweeting now more than ever. Historical conversations, announcements, and more are now happening on Twitter – providing an interesting window into how we communicate.
For tweets of permanent public record and those deemed historically valuable, records managers and archivists are now asking:
“How do we keep this tweet alive forever?”
Want to learn more? Watch this recording for a look at Active Digital Preservation for social media.
We’ll dig deeper into this topic and explore how you can:
- Ensure Twitter records can be trusted and read in perpetuity
- Find tweets and other related records types in context
- Capture social posts directly to ensure authenticity
- Enable online transparency for Twitter and other records
Learn why retaining permanent Twitter records forever requires Active Digital Preservation.