![]() ![]() This led to our Responsive Web codebase being the spearhead for all platforms via web browsers plus iOS and Android codebases as targeted strategic platform investments. To focus on the most important priorities, Twitter directed its attention to the core clients it would invest in strategically. Supporting the two separate codebases was no longer a sustainable option and ultimately we sunset the native Mac app. Over the years, Twitter for Mac and Twitter for iOS diverged as Twitter increasingly focused on its mobile apps. Historically, Twitter had a Mac app that shared the same roots as our iPhone app. I guess that makes my smoker-less life coincide with my time on Twitter.What happened with the old Twitter for Mac? I had my last cigarette on the 10th of June 2009 and simply went cold turkey. Incidentally, I did quit smoking without the help of Allen Carr. I am trying to stop smoking, but I think Allen Carr is my best bet. So here is my first tweet ever, embedded in this article: This link can now be embedded in a blog post should you wish. You will notice the same unique link that we saw above. This now allows you to view it on Twitter. Then all you need to do is scroll down to the oldest date and voilà, your first tweet. Clicking on the month will load all your tweets for that month. You can see that in June 2009, I wasn’t very active on Twitter. Hover over the year and month that shows the first tweet activity. So lets go way back to 2009 when I first started this Twitter ‘thingy’ and see if we can view my first tweet. The Twitter archive also gives you a visual overview of your tweet activity by year. There is also a data folder that contains your Twitter history in two formats: JSON and CSV exports by month and year. Clicking on the index.html file will open your entire Twitter history of tweets inside your browser. Twitter went to great lengths to ensure that you have an awesome experience with this too. Now don’t be fooled into thinking that the archive is only a text file with all your tweets. ![]() Within several minutes, you will receive an email with a link to your Twitter archive. At the very bottom of your account settings, you will see the option to download your Twitter tweet archive.ĭepending on how addicted you are to Twitter, your tweet archive might be quite sizeable. ![]() Once the settings page has loaded, you should already be in your Account Tab. This is the Gear icon located at the top right of your screen. Twitter ArchiveĬlick on your Twitter Properties. So with this in mind, lets go to the Twitter Archive. It should look something like this.ĭo you notice that GUID behind the status part of the URL at the end? Well that makes this link unique and pasting that URL into your browser will take you directly to this tweet. ![]() But what is even more interesting is the URL in your browser window. If you click on that, you will be taken to another page where you will see the tweet as an individual post.Īs you probably already know, you can embed the Tweet from this page easily by clicking on the ‘more’ link. On your Twitter timeline, notice the date (expressed in hours for recent tweets) in the top right corner of your tweet? But first, lets have a look at linking to a specific tweet. They do and now you can go and download them. Surely Twitter has to have all your tweets stored somewhere on a backup or something? Well you’re right. I mean, there have been many services out there that offer to get your past tweets, but due to an API limitation, you were only able to get back the last 2,500 tweets from Twitter. Well just how do you go about getting your Twitter Archive?įinally they have made this really easy to do. You know, the one that is almost like making a good entrance. Can you remember your first tweet? I was so thankful that mine wasn’t one of those ‘Trying out this Twitter thingy’ tweets. ![]()
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