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"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
by 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 agoSeriously. Museums/archives throw out things ALL THE TIME because they can't afford to keep housing them.
- emodendroket 8y agoIt 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.