Twitter had thus far allowed its users to look for tweets that were no older than one week. The widely-famous social networking site, however, announced in a recent blog post that it was now going to let its users find tweets that weren't just one-week old. Twitter it seems is competing with Facebook that also made changes to its search trends last month. It was on January 15 that Facebook made an announcement about Graph Search that will now be made accessible to one billion users. In less than a month, Twitter has offered a riposte by upgrading its search tool that will now allow users to delve deeper into its enormous archive with millions of tweets.
"Previously, Twitter search results displayed Tweets going back about a week. We’ve developed a way to include older Tweets, so you can see content that goes beyond the more recent Tweets," said Twitter in its blog post.
Relive the Years Gone By
With the recent change, users have been able to unearth tweets that first appeared on Twitter some four to five years back but that were later submerged by a deluge of new posts. Allowing its members to recover old tweets must have been a challenge for Twitter, which now looks keen on sending users further down the memory lane. The changes made by Twitter have been possible on account of the strong infrastructure of the networking site. In order to browse through old photos, jokes and news articles on Twitter, you are required to use 'Spottheshuttle'. However, you will not be able to see any old Tweet that you want, as Twitter has filtered its search on the basis of favorites, retweets, clicks etc.
"We’ll be steadily increasing this percentage over time, and ultimately, aim to surface the best content for your query," the blog post read. "For now, enjoy your trip down memory lane!"
Tweets Set To Make a Return
Over the last couple of years or so, Twitter has been given to making some interesting announcements. For instance, on December 19 last year, Twitter announced that it was going to provide every user with an archive of their tweets. Back in April 2010, the networking giant revealed that it was working on the Library of Congress so that it could maintain a record of public Tweets and the project is now reported to be nearing its completion.
A Highly Important Development
The recent report submitted by SynapseIndia, hereby, infers that the decision by Twitter to add new capabilities to its search tool is not to be taken lightly. Any new development or breaking news generally appears on Twitter or Facebook firsst and so do the opinions and analysis thereafter. This way the Twitter archive becomes similar to a historical record of the important events that took place in recent years. The latest initiative by Twitter brings to mind RealTime from Google that allowed one to search for tweets with a certain time period as reference.
There is no dearth of content and images on Twitter. Journalists, researchers and we humans in general will surely stand to benefit from performing an advanced search.
"Previously, Twitter search results displayed Tweets going back about a week. We’ve developed a way to include older Tweets, so you can see content that goes beyond the more recent Tweets," said Twitter in its blog post.
Relive the Years Gone By
With the recent change, users have been able to unearth tweets that first appeared on Twitter some four to five years back but that were later submerged by a deluge of new posts. Allowing its members to recover old tweets must have been a challenge for Twitter, which now looks keen on sending users further down the memory lane. The changes made by Twitter have been possible on account of the strong infrastructure of the networking site. In order to browse through old photos, jokes and news articles on Twitter, you are required to use 'Spottheshuttle'. However, you will not be able to see any old Tweet that you want, as Twitter has filtered its search on the basis of favorites, retweets, clicks etc.
"We’ll be steadily increasing this percentage over time, and ultimately, aim to surface the best content for your query," the blog post read. "For now, enjoy your trip down memory lane!"
Tweets Set To Make a Return
Over the last couple of years or so, Twitter has been given to making some interesting announcements. For instance, on December 19 last year, Twitter announced that it was going to provide every user with an archive of their tweets. Back in April 2010, the networking giant revealed that it was working on the Library of Congress so that it could maintain a record of public Tweets and the project is now reported to be nearing its completion.
A Highly Important Development
The recent report submitted by SynapseIndia, hereby, infers that the decision by Twitter to add new capabilities to its search tool is not to be taken lightly. Any new development or breaking news generally appears on Twitter or Facebook firsst and so do the opinions and analysis thereafter. This way the Twitter archive becomes similar to a historical record of the important events that took place in recent years. The latest initiative by Twitter brings to mind RealTime from Google that allowed one to search for tweets with a certain time period as reference.
There is no dearth of content and images on Twitter. Journalists, researchers and we humans in general will surely stand to benefit from performing an advanced search.
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