Steven T. DennisAug 20, 2023
More bad news for preservation of digital history. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/08/19/twitter-deletes-all-user-photos-and-links-from-2011-2014/
Twitter Deletes All User Photos And Links From 2011-2014

Twitter appears to have deleted all images from the website that were posted between 2011 and 2014. Links that used Twitter’s native shortening service are also broken.

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Show threadJonathan HendryAug 20, 2023

@steventdennis

All these memes… like tears… in rain.

Sucks.

Probably can’t afford the storage costs.

Show threadCrysta
@jonhendry @steventdennis cost is why he’s talking about getting rid of the block function as well. Elon had been bitching about the cost of long block lists.
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