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Wow I wonder how much record of the arab spring protests and uprising are now lost forever. Those protests were all around 2010 to 2012 or so and was in my min

Wow I wonder how much record of the arab spring protests and uprising are now lost forever. Those protests were all around 2010 to 2012 or so and was in my mind what really pushed Twitter into the public consciousness. I hope the Library of Congress managed to archive all that stuff like they said they would years ago, it would be a big loss to historians for it to disappear overnight.

the-dude 3y ago
You think Arab Spring was good? For whom?
- mrwnmonm 3y ago
  Of course it was good.
- qbasic_forever 3y ago
  I didn't say anything either way. I think everyone can agree that losing a huge record of how it happened is a big loss.
- distract8901 3y ago
  The parent comment did not say anything about whether or not it was good or bad, simply that it was historic and that the record of it should be preserved
  - andsoitis 3y ago
    > that the record of it should be preserved by whom?
    - mcpackieh 3y ago
      qbasic_forever suggested the Library of Congress. You could read his comment you know.
- senkora 3y ago
  It seemed to work out alright for Tunisia.
  - sofixa 3y ago
    Don't they have massive youth unemployment and emigration? https://www.ft.com/content/319c62a6-7698-4953-8c69-1109175f0351 https://www.ft.com/content/319c62a6-7698-4953-8c69-1109175f0...
    - jeromegv 3y ago
      How was their youth employment before the Arab spring? Hadn’t that been a problem in that region for decades?
- slim 3y ago
  for historians
hindsightbias 3y ago
History begins when billionaires and wiki say they do.
slim 3y ago
I'm not sure Twitter had media upload in 2010. We had to upload videos on other platforms, then post the links