Clever way to save a tweet for posterity

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Want to save off a tweet, preserve it for posterity? Perhaps one of those tweets that you just know is going to get deleted?

Here’s one way:

  • Get the tweet URL (use the share panel, or just copy the URL from Safari)
  • Paste this in front of the tweet URL:

web.archive.org/save/

  • Be sure to keep the “https://” in front of the original URL, so you might see something like:

web.archive.org/save/https://en.wik
ipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

  • Enter the new long URL into Safari, hit return/go.

That’s it. You’ll be taken to the wayback machine, and you can save off the new URL for safekeeping.