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May 7, 2023, 8 tweets

Fun Fact: When people deactivate their Twitter accounts, there is still usually a cache that is available for a limited window of time. If someone were to, say, pull that cache and then archive it....

#TheInternetisForever

Link: archive.is/ACPM3

Paging the lovely @julie_kelly2.

Sigh.

*opens Redbull*

If you ever find yourself in this position, take the URL and plug it into a cache viewer. I use a plugin for my browser, but you can use sites like cachedview.com to achieve the same thing easily.

Plug it in, hit "Google web cache."

Your job does not end there though. Web caches usually last maybe a few days before they go away. Immediately take the cached URL to a site like archive.is and save that to archive it permanently.

Voila. Now you can do it too. Go forth and start some shit.

If you are using a Chromium-based browser, I highly recommend this plugin. It gives you a dropdown menu where you can search multiple archives at once.

chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

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