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What if 90% of the links shared on the internet are from those 3%? It would be a huge link-rot. I really hope the internet archive has the most linked ones.
by patates 8y ago
What if 90% of the links shared on the internet are from those 3%? It would be a huge link-rot. I really hope the internet archive has the most linked ones.
- PuffinBlue 8y agoI'm still a little conflicted over link rot. On the one hand it seems fun and cool and even amazing to be able to dive back into so much history 'live' as it was/has always been. It's maybe even culturally important to try and maintain it. But then some is just a bit crap, a bit like there used to be a bit of a crap building and then a new one got built that was better and did better things for more people more cheaply and environmentally friendly than before. Why save the old building? Just 'because'? Hmm, not sure about that. So is it really worth saving everything? Is it actually irresponsible to save everything, given the power costs (something has to physically hold the data and be powered)? I'm not really sure but it seems certain it's not an obvious black and white, good/bad, one way or the other type matter.