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funn@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Online Content Is Disappearing

www.pewresearch.org

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Online Content Is Disappearing

www.pewresearch.org

funn@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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When Online Content Disappears
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A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/25166889

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    That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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      It’s bad that information is getting lost/locked up.

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        Depends on the information. My childhood web page should not be saved forever ;)

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          Touché, I have some rather embarrassing pages myself which have luckily passed to the great /dev/null in the cybersky. 🤭

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