Twitter allows users to download archives of their tweets

December 16, 2012

Twitter has apparently started rolling out a feature promised by the microblogging service earlier this year that allows its users to archive their tweets on their computers. The move comes amid growing competition in the social media landscape. Facebook has had archiving features available to its members for some time. In April, it expanded its Download Your Information feature to include names you've used, friend requests you've made and IP addresses you've used to access the social network. An early sighting of the Twitter feature has been made by Twitter member "Psanta," who says that if the feature is enabled on your account, you'll find it at the bottom of your settings page. He explains, however, that it's being gradually rolled out by Twitter and not available to everyone yet. It was not available on my Twitter account. Another Twitter member, Navjot Singh, also saw the feature enabled on his account. After choosing the option in his settings, he was sent an email message with instructions on what to do to obtain his archive. According to The Next Web, which obtained a copy of the email, Twitter told Singh: To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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