Thread by @capitolhunters

Likely most people have heard how Twitter's new "safety" rules about posting pictures are being used against investigators - see WaPo article. No #SeditionHunters accounts affected yet, but it's safest to archive Tweet histories - tips to follow 1/
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Twitter lets you download a zip file with all past tweets, replies, videos, etc. In your menu bar, go to the "more" setting, click "settings and privacy", then click "Download an archive of your data". They will prepare a zip file; that takes about 24 hours, then notify you. 2/

To save important threads (yours or other people's), first "unroll" them with an app like the threadreader, then save the result as a pdf (see below). Note- if an account is suspended the thread disappears, the actual pdf is the only safe backup. 3/

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1276635949254889472

To save individual Tweets or a snapshot of a Twitter account (1st page only) on archive.org, hit "web", then enter the URL of the Tweet or Twitter page. You don't need an archive.org account, but if you make one you can easily refer to your archive. 4/

Here's an example of a thread saved on archive.org. Advantages: archived tweets are visible to everyone. Disadvantage: no text search. Others can find archived Tweets only with an exact URL or by searching for any archived on a certain date. 5/

https://web.archive.org/web/20211109125312/https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1450995415999000576

Here's an example of what it looks like to search for someone's archived Twitter profile or an individual Tweet whose URL you know - a calendar view with dates of each save to the archive. 6/

What if you forgot the URL that was saved? Here's an example of searching for all Tweets archived under a particular domain - you get everyone's saves, organized by the save date, not the Tweet date. Very tedious, so best to make an account and keep your own saves organized. 7/

If the situation looks bleak, the best would be to organize a mass scrape of the 200 or so accounts contributing to #SeditionHunting, but the steps above are easy and can be implemented by anyone, quickly. 8/

Finally, if an account gets suspended for posting "private" media, note that all 22,000+ non-Parler videos saved by #seditionhunters are now viewable on archive.org, so arguably they are still "public". See Resources page for details. 9/
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#SeditionHunters - it really is a crisis, there are important accounts being hit. No suspensions yet but apparently Tweets from both @seditiontrack and @neondistraction have been flagged and they may be locked out from posting. 10/

https://twitter.com/gwensnyderPHL/status/1466551433017184258

@twittersupport - as you cancel Tweets for lack of "social value", remember #SeditionHunters' work is used by FBI and @January6thCmte in their investigations. Both are worried about the tech world and radicalization. Is this the fight you want to pick right now? 11/