Computer Tricks and Secrets

Short answer: the classic trick of auto-saving hashtag tweets to a Google Sheet with IFTTT no longer works, because X (Twitter) locked down its free API. Today your realistic options are native features for small jobs, manual copy or screenshot for a few tweets, and a paid API or third-party service for serious archiving. Here is what actually works now and how to choose. Why the old method stopped working For years you could connect Twitter to IFTTT or Zapier and pipe every tweet matching a hashtag into a spreadsheet automatically. In 2023 X ended free API access and most of those free automations broke. Any old tutorial promising a free auto-to-Sheets flow is out of date, so do not waste time on it. Option 1: For a few tweets, save them manually Bookmarks: save tweets to your X Bookmarks for later. Copy the link: paste tweet URLs into a Google Sheet yourself, quick for a handful. Screenshot: for keeping the visual, especially if the tweet might be deleted. Option 2: ...