Until now, Twitter search has been limited to tweets less than a week or so old. But today the company said it will now let people search for tweets older than that.
Twitter said today that it has begun slowly rolling out the ability to search for tweets older than a week.
In a blog post, the social-networking giant said it plans to enable users to find more than just the most recent tweets.
The announcement is the second this week aimed at letting users surface more content on Twitter. Yesterday, the company rolled out updates to its
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. We'll be steadily increasing this percentage over time, and ultimately, aim to surface the best content for your query. For now, enjoy your trip down memory lane!