[qbasic_forever]

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.

[slim]

I'm not sure Twitter had media upload in 2010. We had to upload videos on other platforms, then post the links

[hindsightbias]

History begins when billionaires and wiki say they do.

[the-dude]

You think Arab Spring was good? For whom?

[distract8901]

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]

> that the record of it should be preserved

by whom?

[mcpackieh]

qbasic_forever suggested the Library of Congress. You could read his comment you know.

[qbasic_forever]

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.

[senkora]

It seemed to work out alright for Tunisia.

[sofixa]

Don't they have massive youth unemployment and emigration?

https://www.ft.com/content/319c62a6-7698-4953-8c69-1109175f0...

[jeromegv]

How was their youth employment before the Arab spring? Hadn’t that been a problem in that region for decades?

[slim]

for historians

[mrwnmonm]

Of course it was good.