Great piece about the disappearing internet, link rot, digital storage, all of it. A must-read: https://archive.is/vND5N
As for archiving -- a lot is saved on https://archive.org, but even MORE is not, and is disappearing- as the article gets into. That's why I like to use things like https://archive.is to save websites and articles.
Gotta do what we can to preserve.
#DigitalPreservation #history #LinkRot #ArchiveDotOrg #DigitalStorage #tech #internet #future #PhysicalMedia #BackUpYourStuff
Regardless of what happens to any particular website, back up your stuff if you care about it. You should never, ever keep anything important on a single hard drive or a single website. You don't need to be fancy about it, either. Just copying your important stuff to a flash drive every couple weeks is better than not having a backup at all.
If you want to sync things to a cloud provider, Proton Drive gives you 5 GB on their free plan. Mega gives you 20 GB for free. Both use Zero-knowledge encryption so your data is yours and yours alone to use.
Those aren't referral links. I just want folks to have working backups so they don't have to worry every time an issue happens on a single website. Please, please have a working backup of your stuff. You never know when you'll need it.
ATTN/ACHTUNG: #DROPBOX WILL AUTOMATICALLY SAVE YOUR SCREENSHOTS.
This is information I wish I'd had in 2019 when my laptop was stolen, and again a few months ago when I waterlogged another.
@Captain Yeah! it's the end of the year which is a great time to remind folks to #BackUpYourStuff, and also if you have access to any balls which might be subject to testicular cancer, #CheckYourBalls monthly!
