Read this morning (on Twitter) that "government to receive archive of every tweet ever sent". I didn't bother to click the link to read the full story, but when have I ever let a piffling little detail like that stop me from reacting/commenting?
First reaction: Well, that's creepy...
Second reaction: *thinking back over what I tweeted, back when I actually tweeted, wondering if there was anything incriminating or otherwise potentially damning in the eyes of The Government...*
Third reaction: Of course, this isn't really news, is it? I thought we already knew that the Library of Congress was going to archive all tweets (or something like that...). Also, I'm writing a blog. On the Internet. If "They" are interested, they already have access to plenty of information about me. (I don't actually believe they are that interested, at the moment. Just to show that I have no delusions of grandeur.)
Fourth reaction: Wow. If they're keeping these tweets "for posterity", everyone in the future will know exactly how stupid, spoiled, and disgusting so many of our contemporaries are. (Were? Whatever.) There'll be no denying it, now...
