Large-scale efforts have begun to capture Twitter history before its gone

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@OWYAC

which is an interesting phenomenon in and of itself; the longevity and cohesiveness of online communities.

As a side note— @BakerB recently started a conversation about that over here:

Online community, fragile or stable?

The events and aftershocks of Twitter’s current ownership change have brought up a consideration of mine for some years now-that online communities seem to be inherently fragile. Several of the groups I’ve been a part of, that have had a major impact on my life for years have closed down. Some of them gave a day or two of notice, or some excuse, but others were suddenly just gone. The internets have been great at allowing marginalized communities to connect and aid each other-which might be the…