In a post today, Twitter says that some older tweets are now going to
be available. How far back? That’s not said; but, it seems like tweets
that are particularly popular or notable will be available. From
Twitter’s post:
As we roll this out over the coming days, the Tweets that
you’ll see in search results represent a fairly small percentage of
total Tweets ever sent. We look at a variety of types of engagement,
like favorites, retweets and clicks, to determine which Tweets to show.
As we roll this out over the coming days, the Tweets that
you’ll see in search results represent a fairly small percentage of
total Tweets ever sent. We look at a variety of types of engagement,
like favorites, retweets and clicks, to determine which Tweets to show.Have You Met Twitter’s Advanced Search?
I had more luck when I used Twitter’s advanced search feature.
There, I was able to narrow my search to tweets made just by the
@barackobama account for “four more years,” and that brought the famous
tweet up:
