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0 pointsBLKNSLVR5y ago0 comments

This is an example of the dichotomy between "the internet remembers everything" and the inherent ephemerality of electronic data (effort is required to ensure it remains un-destroyed).

I self-host some things because I like the technical challenge, and what I've found is that the effort required to maintain the online presence of the data is quite demanding. Less so if it's outsourced, but without actively 'tending the garden', it will inevitably disappear at least from the public-facing internet.

The ephemerality is also exacerbated by Google / Facebook account terminations.

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Shared4045y ago

It really is an interesting balance between "The internet may never forget" and "The internet may never remember".

kortilla5y ago

The internet remembers everything applies much stronger to text than to rich media. I can still find a mention of myself from a 1983 newspaper article that has been duped across a bunch of content harvesters (and also on the way back machine’s view of the newspaper’s site).

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