 Since I'm seeing a new wave of people saying they plan to leave Twitter, you may like my browser tool that takes the zip file of your Twitter export and returns a zip file of a web site that lets people browse and search your tweets. You can just upload the files wherever you normally host html and it'll work just fine. https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/make-your-own/ Example archive: https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/ 46 comments
fair warning, i am not positive how the sqlite solution will or won't be affected when the new api changes go into effect tomorrow. if you have the technical knowledge and time then i would recommend trying asap. never did it but feel free to reach out with questions. cheers!   @MindfulStudent @darius locked the whole of Twitter so you need an account and be logged in to even see "public" tweets. It's beyond demented. @MindfulStudent @darius you cant see tuits unless connected through a Twitter account  @darius When I left Twitter, I had nothing but the shirt on my back and the shoes on my feet. I proceeded to build an empire...๐ @darius that's damned cool. I mostly stepped away from Twitter a while back but even so this looks useful to me  @darius Brilliant! Thanks for making this, Darius (and to @cblgh for boosting it into my view). It was actually quite a handy prompt for me to think about where I'd like to host my thing, and a breeze to go ahead and do it at https://archive.miblo.net/twitter/  @darius freakinโ fantasticโฆ but my Twitter archive is around 60gb. Any way to run this tool locally? @darius Ah, I misread it. So, still, I guess Iโm out of luck thanks to the limitations. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ @genecowan @darius is the source available? might it be possible to make a version that runs on the commandline to overcome these limitations if someone had time and energy to contribute?  @petrichor it is client side javascript, I don't know if there are limitations. The link to the static site source is at the top of the page: https://github.com/dariusk/twitter-archiver @edsu ah, thanks, I missed that. yes, there are browser imposed limitations on the size of archive it can process @edsu from further down the page: > "This varies by browser, but if your zip file is over 2GB it might not work."  This would be more useful if it were all deployed locally. Can we do that? Store the fole locally, use non connected tools? @kevinrns I don't understand what you mean. The tool runs fully locally in your browser, and if you want you can just access the files locally too @darius Thank you so much, I ran a monthslong Twitter educational event pre-Musk and have been looking for something like this to get the tweet archives accessible again.   @darius I wish we had a way to do this with threaded replies intact linked in from mutuals or others who consent to it. You just slip out the back, Jack @edsu @darius You have to log in to see public profiles @hugovk damn, I think that will negatively impact @internetarchive archiving of public Twitter? I wonder if it breaks embedded content too? I could see how this could be the last straw for some journalists. Are you aware of any current mass deletion tools that are relatively inexpensive or free that allow some selectivity? @darius quick public tech support requestโhow do you tweak the code so the default view is the list of tweets rather than the search? So excited to post mine!  @darius Do you know of a good version of this for Mastodon posts, or a way to fit posts from my Mastodon archive into this format so I can host both in one giant searchable archive? People really need to just abandon twitter. Stay on twitter only enables fascists, bigots, racists, and assholes. Delete twitter and never look back. |
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@darius do you know of anything similar for a reddit archive?