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Probably a good time to download an archive of your Twitter data: https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_dat

by sitic 4y ago

Probably a good time to download an archive of your Twitter data: https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data

lynndotpy 4y ago
In my experience, this has stopped working as of at least a few days ago. I can request, but the button never fills. I'm happy I did it a few months ago, at least
minimaxir 4y ago
Unfortunately it may no longer be an option as some have said the 2FA SMS needed to download the archive is not responsive.
- organsnyder 4y ago
  2FA SMS just worked for me. I have little faith that I'll ever actually receive the zip archive, though.
- MikeRichardson 4y ago
  Mine had an option for e-mail or SMS. Never got the SMS, but e-mail worked. I love how it says "To protect your account" it can take 24 hours or longer for your data to be ready.
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    "It takes 24 hours" is a clear sign that it's a human being looking up an internal documentation page and running the scripts it points to. Unless I'm just not creative enough to reason why you can log into twitter from a country you've never been to with no 24 hour verification wait but fulfilling legal obligations takes 24 hours.
    - tamcap 4y ago
      In their defense, if the backup requires accessing archive tape drive records, long processing queues in non-scalable systems, etc - this could easily take 24 "physical" hours of things getting lined up correctly. It's one thing to show you the last 24hr of tweets. Another to get a complete twitter history for given uid.
madeofpalk 4y ago
Everyone hitting this today is the equivalent of a run on a bank and actually kill it.
tamcap 4y ago
I've been waiting for an archive of my data for 3 days now. And my activity on Twitter is probably bottom 25%.
- the_duke 4y ago
  Probably done by one of the microservices they turned off.
  - tamcap 4y ago
    Happy to report that it actually has happened in the end.
meltyness 4y ago
OH WOW, LOOK! https://twitter.com/account/personalization/download_your_data.pdf https://twitter.com/account/personalization/download_your_da...
- CaliforniaKarl 4y ago
  Your point? When I go to that URL, I get {"errors":[{"code":410,"message":"You need to verify your password before you can view this content."}]}
  - random314 4y ago
    I am actually able to download a pdf
  - meltyness 4y ago
    Ah -- if you're logged in and have requested to download your data, it produces a PDF with a bunch of private account info, looks vaguely like that's publicly exposed, but it's probably not. Might have given someone a fright, until they realized what was happening, and that it was dynamic content, of course.
    - nonethewiser 4y ago
      Does it of you're not logged in too, actually
browningstreet 4y ago
I have all my tweets set to delete after 2 weeks. For many reasons, and now +this.
jug 4y ago
If this is not working for you, https://www.tweetbeaver.com https://www.tweetbeaver.com may help somewhat depending on what you need.

by sitic 4y ago

Probably a good time to download an archive of your Twitter data: https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data

lynndotpy 4y ago

In my experience, this has stopped working as of at least a few days ago. I can request, but the button never fills. I'm happy I did it a few months ago, at least

minimaxir 4y ago

Unfortunately it may no longer be an option as some have said the 2FA SMS needed to download the archive is not responsive.

organsnyder 4y ago
2FA SMS just worked for me. I have little faith that I'll ever actually receive the zip archive, though.
MikeRichardson 4y ago
Mine had an option for e-mail or SMS. Never got the SMS, but e-mail worked. I love how it says "To protect your account" it can take 24 hours or longer for your data to be ready.
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  "It takes 24 hours" is a clear sign that it's a human being looking up an internal documentation page and running the scripts it points to. Unless I'm just not creative enough to reason why you can log into twitter from a country you've never been to with no 24 hour verification wait but fulfilling legal obligations takes 24 hours.
  - tamcap 4y ago
    In their defense, if the backup requires accessing archive tape drive records, long processing queues in non-scalable systems, etc - this could easily take 24 "physical" hours of things getting lined up correctly. It's one thing to show you the last 24hr of tweets. Another to get a complete twitter history for given uid.

madeofpalk 4y ago

Everyone hitting this today is the equivalent of a run on a bank and actually kill it.

tamcap 4y ago

I've been waiting for an archive of my data for 3 days now. And my activity on Twitter is probably bottom 25%.

the_duke 4y ago
Probably done by one of the microservices they turned off.
- tamcap 4y ago
  Happy to report that it actually has happened in the end.

meltyness 4y ago

OH WOW, LOOK! https://twitter.com/account/personalization/download_your_data.pdf https://twitter.com/account/personalization/download_your_da...

CaliforniaKarl 4y ago
Your point? When I go to that URL, I get {"errors":[{"code":410,"message":"You need to verify your password before you can view this content."}]}
- random314 4y ago
  I am actually able to download a pdf
- meltyness 4y ago
  Ah -- if you're logged in and have requested to download your data, it produces a PDF with a bunch of private account info, looks vaguely like that's publicly exposed, but it's probably not. Might have given someone a fright, until they realized what was happening, and that it was dynamic content, of course.
  - nonethewiser 4y ago
    Does it of you're not logged in too, actually

browningstreet 4y ago

I have all my tweets set to delete after 2 weeks. For many reasons, and now +this.

jug 4y ago

If this is not working for you, https://www.tweetbeaver.com https://www.tweetbeaver.com may help somewhat depending on what you need.