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> We need a distributed and censorship-resistant conservancy system, because the Wayback Machine can only do so much (and it can trivially be censored). Unfortu
by throwawayjava 8y ago
> We need a distributed and censorship-resistant conservancy system, because the Wayback Machine can only do so much (and it can trivially be censored). Unfortunately, it's not a money-making enterprise.
Color me skeptical, but it seems like such a system would eventually need to seek out a business model and would turn into mugshotsonline.us writ large. Or "toxic yelp reviews of dubious origin" but for humans instead of businesses. And with all the perverse incentives.
Censorship is bad, but profit-motivated society-wide forever-grudges against people in no significant position of power is also bad.
- rotexo 8y agoOnce I got doxxed by bloggers from one end of the political spectrum who thought I was a blogger from the opposite end (we have similar names, but the doxxers put out all of my info). Even after I got my info taken down, someone archived it and the archives got passed around on Twitter, prolonging the mess. Even now all that stuff shows up if you google my name. Should you care about what happened to me? I can’t really argue for it. But I can say that the dangers the above comment lists are real.