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How much data is it? Is it really that hard to just keep it available in read-only? Seems like the ads they could serve would justify its existence.

criddell 8y ago
Assuming they have thought of those options, perhaps that tells you how little value there is there.
- C4K3 8y ago
  Yahoo! is known for being overzealous in deleting old content. https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!
- pmlnr 8y ago
  "value" Today the only measure of "value" is the money it brings. Imagine of museums, archeology, libraries, archivist would only be thinking along those lines as well. Geocities had a lot of value, and, unlike physical bookshelves, it would have been very simple to keep it going as static, read-only sites. Same applies here. Related: https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351 https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a...
  - criddell 8y ago
    > Imagine of museums, archeology, libraries, archivist would only be thinking along those lines as well. You don't have to imagine. They make these kinds of decisions all the time. I'm not saying that it would have been difficult or expensive to keep it going as a static thing. Just that even a tiny cost is apparently too much. Maybe this announcement will encourage somebody that cares more about the data than GeoCities Japan to come along and buy it from them with the intention of preserving it.
    - moate 8y ago
      Seriously. Museums/archives throw out things ALL THE TIME because they can't afford to keep housing them.
      - emodendroket 8y ago
        It is true that museums and libraries prune their collections. What's not true is that they make these determinations from the same profit motive that drives businesses.
omoikane 8y ago
There are probably other costs such as upgrading servers and responding to various legal requests. Legal compliance with respect to changing laws might be a reason why read-only content can not persist forever.
- pmlnr 8y ago
  geocities-jpn.tar.gz.torrent ?

criddell 8y ago

Assuming they have thought of those options, perhaps that tells you how little value there is there.

C4K3 8y ago
Yahoo! is known for being overzealous in deleting old content. https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Yahoo!
pmlnr 8y ago
"value" Today the only measure of "value" is the money it brings. Imagine of museums, archeology, libraries, archivist would only be thinking along those lines as well. Geocities had a lot of value, and, unlike physical bookshelves, it would have been very simple to keep it going as static, read-only sites. Same applies here. Related: https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351 https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a...
- criddell 8y ago
  > Imagine of museums, archeology, libraries, archivist would only be thinking along those lines as well. You don't have to imagine. They make these kinds of decisions all the time. I'm not saying that it would have been difficult or expensive to keep it going as a static thing. Just that even a tiny cost is apparently too much. Maybe this announcement will encourage somebody that cares more about the data than GeoCities Japan to come along and buy it from them with the intention of preserving it.
  - moate 8y ago
    Seriously. Museums/archives throw out things ALL THE TIME because they can't afford to keep housing them.
    - emodendroket 8y ago
      It is true that museums and libraries prune their collections. What's not true is that they make these determinations from the same profit motive that drives businesses.

omoikane 8y ago

There are probably other costs such as upgrading servers and responding to various legal requests. Legal compliance with respect to changing laws might be a reason why read-only content can not persist forever.

pmlnr 8y ago
geocities-jpn.tar.gz.torrent ?