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I've seen several fandom wikis recently which sourced things to Yahoo Groups comments from the creators. Presumably those statements will be lost forever soon u

I've seen several fandom wikis recently which sourced things to Yahoo Groups comments from the creators. Presumably those statements will be lost forever soon unless someone spots those things and archives them. In the present, it feels a bit silly to mourn random posts from writers and webcomic creators as a serious loss. But when I consider the impact of past artists' letters and journals (e.g. Tolkien), it feels rather different. Some of these silly things will turn into real academic and historical sources if only they survive.

segfaultbuserr 7y ago
> I've seen several fandom wikis Internet subculture surfing and archaeology is my favorite hobby, I do it for fun, not for researches. I have seriously considered quit software engineering and move to social science, but it will remain as a hobby. I've spent a long time browsing alt.folklore.computers and Usenet FAQs from early Usenet archives, or reading the long-deleted 4chan posts from Bibliotheca Anonoma [0], a repository of history and folklore from Something Awful, 2channel, 4chan, and looking up and laughing at memes that nobody remembers. Or read the early writings and thoughts of online personalities long forgotten. The biggest frustrating in my exploration is meeting a dead link that hasn't been archived by archive.org, if it occurs, all bets are off, the journey ends officially. By erasing a webpage, parts of the collective history and culture is thereby removed. I've also seen the death of endless small communities due to changes of circumstances, usually without a warning and happens overnight. The lesson is that we should donate to archive.org today, just click here. https://archive.org/donate/ https://archive.org/donate/ [0] https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon
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- drankula3 7y ago
  This seems fun. Any advice on getting started? It's so tough to find new sites. I tried making a website before to find new interesting sites, but it never took off.
  - The_rationalist 7y ago
    Go on geocities search engine
- lucasverra 7y ago
  Web archaeologists, that seems fun, necessary, and something way cool in 10 years from now
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Causality1 7y ago
I don't know about that. I recently found out how a webcomic I followed until the artist was forced to cancel it was supposed to end. It gave me some closure for characters I spent years caring about.

segfaultbuserr 7y ago

> I've seen several fandom wikis Internet subculture surfing and archaeology is my favorite hobby, I do it for fun, not for researches. I have seriously considered quit software engineering and move to social science, but it will remain as a hobby. I've spent a long time browsing alt.folklore.computers and Usenet FAQs from early Usenet archives, or reading the long-deleted 4chan posts from Bibliotheca Anonoma [0], a repository of history and folklore from Something Awful, 2channel, 4chan, and looking up and laughing at memes that nobody remembers. Or read the early writings and thoughts of online personalities long forgotten. The biggest frustrating in my exploration is meeting a dead link that hasn't been archived by archive.org, if it occurs, all bets are off, the journey ends officially. By erasing a webpage, parts of the collective history and culture is thereby removed. I've also seen the death of endless small communities due to changes of circumstances, usually without a warning and happens overnight. The lesson is that we should donate to archive.org today, just click here. https://archive.org/donate/ https://archive.org/donate/ [0] https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon

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drankula3 7y ago
This seems fun. Any advice on getting started? It's so tough to find new sites. I tried making a website before to find new interesting sites, but it never took off.
- The_rationalist 7y ago
  Go on geocities search engine
lucasverra 7y ago
Web archaeologists, that seems fun, necessary, and something way cool in 10 years from now
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Causality1 7y ago

I don't know about that. I recently found out how a webcomic I followed until the artist was forced to cancel it was supposed to end. It gave me some closure for characters I spent years caring about.