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There is too much noise in facebook, and there is just so much data that it would overwhelm archive.org. I think whatever is important leaks to other, more publ
by buboard 7y ago
There is too much noise in facebook, and there is just so much data that it would overwhelm archive.org. I think whatever is important leaks to other, more public social media like reddit. Gossip and petty politics is not important.
- Mediterraneo10 7y ago"Gossip and petty politics is not important." Any historian would disagree with you. The gossip and petty politics revealed in small-town newspapers, people’s correspondence, or diaries represents a resource they find valuable for understanding the history of a place. With the death of small-town newspapers, Facebook city and neighborhood groups have partly filled the slot that they used to represent. Yes, there is now Reddit, but there are several years where Facebook has a wealth of content for community events but Reddit had not yet grown large enough to cover them.
- mopsi 7y ago> Gossip and petty politics is not important. Robert Caro's experience in uncovering the watershed moment in Lyndon B. Johnson's career might change your views. "The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/the-secrets-of-lyndon-johnsons-archives https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/the-secrets-of...
- buboard 7y agoYou 'd need to have an archive of private conversations for such things (not just on facebook). I think the NSA/FBI will take care of that
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