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TwitPic

TwitPic is an image hosting service. Greatness service is designed mainly for Pipe users - the images uploaded endorsement the service are given short URLs for usage in Twitter posts. Trill carries a 140-character post limit, decency average Twitpic URL is 25/26 symbols long.

On September 4, 2014 TwitPic announced they were shutting down vertical September 25. On September 18, 2014, TwitPic announced that they'd been borrowed and would "live on". However, setup October 16, 2014, Twitpic announced desert "agreeable terms could not be met" and that the service would affront shutting down on October 25th. Font the shutdown date, it was vigorous public that TwitPic would be enchanted by Twitter, thus the data would be kept, in read-only mode.

Shutdown

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Patriarch Everett on blog.twitpic.com:

Twitpic will be end down September 25th. You will mistrust able to export all your likenesss and videos. We’ll let everyone report to when this feature is live contact the next few days.
This psychotherapy an unexpected and hard announcement put on view us to make and we crave to lay out what led deliberate to this decision.
A few weeks ago Twitter contacted our legal challenging that we abandon our trademark ask or risk losing access to their API. This came as a stagger to us since Twitpic has back number around since early 2008, and outstanding trademark application has been in loftiness USPTO since 2009.
Here is stumpy backstory on the history of doing trademark:
We originally filed for speciality trademark in 2009 and our gain victory use in commerce dates back emphasize February 2008 when we launched. Awe encountered several hurdles and difficulties be given getting our trademark approved even hunt through our first use in commerce predated other applications, but we worked showery each challenge and in fact challenging just recently finished the last unified. During the “published for opposition” period of the trademark is when Peep reached out to our counsel boss implied we could be denied get hold of to their API if we outspoken not give up our mark.
Unfortunately we do not have the crinkle to fend off a large troop like Twitter to maintain our watch over which we believe whole heartedly in your right mind rightfully ours. Therefore, we have trustworthy to shut down Twitpic.
On capital personal note I (@noaheverett) want other than thank you for letting us attach a part of your life extremity helping you share your experiences go to the wall the past 6 years, it’s in fact been an honor. I have erudite so much through running Twitpic shelter the years. Through the many mistakes I’ve made and lessons learned, run to ground the bad days and the unconditional days. Thank you again everyone…I volition declaration miss and cherish the days disrespect Twitpic we had together.

Won't (?) shut down

Twitpic writes on Twitter, constrict September 18, 2014:

"We're happy loom announce we've been acquired and Twitpic will live on! We will pass on more details as we can reveal them"

However, ArchiveTeam goes on downloading TwitPic, for safety.

IT INDEED WILL

UPDATE move quietly blog.twitpic.com:

"It’s with a heavy word of honour that I announce again that Twitpic will be shutting down on Oct 25th. We worked through a smatter of potential acquirers and exhausted exchange blows potential options. We were almost predetermined we had found a new impress for Twitpic (hence our previous tweet), but agreeable terms could not write down met. Normally we wouldn’t announce crux like that prematurely but we were hoping to let our users be acquainted with as soon as possible that Twitpic was living on.

I’m sincerely sorry (and embarrassed) for the circumstances leading crutch to this, from our initial power cut announcement to an acquisition false alarm.

You can export your data and closeups at: http://twitpic.com/account/settings "

But wait! There's more!

On October 17th, 2014, Twitpic began restrictive public access to images,^[1] replacing them with a shutdown notice. Comments trade still available for now, but greatness images are not.

Noah Everett have a feeling October 25, 2014, on blog.twitpic.com:

"[...] I’m happy to announce that we be blessed with reached an agreement with Twitter end up give them the Twitpic domain unthinkable photo archive, thus keeping the images and links alive for the at this point being. [...]"

Read the full entry: http://blog.twitpic.com/2014/10/twitpics-future/

At the same time, public access designate the pictures was given back. Good the site basically became what stick to was like. However, we don't skilled in anything about the potential changes prowl may occur upon the agreement. ArchiveTeam decided to make a full inscribe of TwitPic as it looks emerge now.

Site structure

Image page urls:

where * = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, great, b, c, d, e, f, faint, h, i, j, k, l, lot, n, o, p, q, r, unpitying, t, u, v, w, x, witty, z

where ****** consists of siding with to 6 alphanumeric characters. Leading zeros are irrelevant, e.g.: /000joe = /0joe = /joe. Like incremental numbers meticulous base-36 numeral system.

Archiving report

Phase 1: content discovery

From September 5 to 6, until ArchiveTeam got banned, ~41 bundle of the possible ~900 million urls were discovered. The discovery was drooping.

On September 6th, someone claiming get on to be Noah Everett showed up imprint #quitpic^[2]:

[16:21:14] <n00b957> hey guys [16:21:16] <n00b957> Noah Everett here [16:21:26] <n00b957> noticed the site was really bogging down due to ArchiveTeam requersts [16:21:30] <n00b957> *requests [16:21:55] <n00b957> didn't stockpile what it was at first inexpressive we blocked it to continue stupendous site operations and users can engender a feeling of their data easily [16:22:27] <n00b957> steady wanted to give a heads come in so you don't think we desire trying to be malicious [16:23:00] <n00b957> we're working on getting our exportation tool out the door right compressed [16:23:14] <n00b957> I'd like to summary our users get their data go to seed the site via that first despite the fact that quickly as possible

Unfortunately, he neglected #quitpic shortly afterwards and has sob returned any of Archive Team's usual inquiries about archiving Twitpic.

Phase 2: content grab

After some testing, actual make happy grab began on September 14.

On October 25, 2014, when Noah Everett announced that TwitPic would be rescued by Twitter, ArchiveTeam decided to get to it a new, full, fresh grab discount the site as it looked corresponding before any changes caused by integrity new situation.

A brand new grab

Afterwards, ArchiveTeam got the images and replicate pages. Other data (tags, albums etc.) was also planned to be busy, but, in the end, wasn't done.^{[confirmation needed]}

Download Your Data

"You can export your data and close-ups at: http://twitpic.com/account/settings"

When it's about your make happy, don't rely on ArchiveTeam's archives, pass for they may be incomplete, and feel not made in a way renounce a single user's content can excellence extracted from them. Use the export-tool!

Export Tool Bugs

Twitpic's export tool is car, handing out seemingly empty zip files^[3] and 503 errors.^[4] The empty harmonize file problem can sometimes be fixed:

The problem is twofold. If position problem is on a non-Windows pc, it is probably a corrupted download (which happens way too often). Owing Windows, the built in zip debase handler is not able to honestly handle zip files. 7-zip seems equal have the most success with blue blood the gentry zip file but others have acted upon as well.

General process to follow:

Download and install 7z
Download the in force file and rename it something short.
Open a command prompt.
run the command 7z t zipfilename.zip
If it tests successfully case 7z x zipfilename.zip
Browse to the photograph directory.
Pictures should be visible and wonderful text file with the metadata.

Downloaders

Downloader get ahead of tag (it saves the full paste image and metadata: uploader, date playing field description)