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For as much great information that exists on the internet, there's 10x as much noise. I'm all for selective preservation - but I agree - no reason to preserve j
by nxsynonym 9y ago
For as much great information that exists on the internet, there's 10x as much noise. I'm all for selective preservation - but I agree - no reason to preserve just for the sake of it.
Not every book printed is worth reading, saving, and passing down. Not every thought is worth speaking and hearing. Not every meme, click bait article, or shitpost needs to be saved.
- eric_h 9y ago> there's 10x as much noise Honestly I think you're being extremely generous about how much signal there is in the noise. I think the decimal point needs to move at least two places to the right, but probably more like four.
- kalleboo 9y agoThere's so much data that it's an impossible task to select what is worth preserving or not. For just the salary of one "preservation judge" you could just buy another couple thousand TB of storage and store it all
- kalleboo 9y ago> Not every meme, click bait article, or shitpost needs to be saved. Unless you want to unravel how Trump got elected?