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Me too and back then I'd never have imagined that it could essentially disappear. It's a bit as imaging stackoverflow to disappear. People will say there are th
by weinzierl 5y ago
Me too and back then I'd never have imagined that it could essentially disappear. It's a bit as imaging stackoverflow to disappear. People will say there are the data dumps, someone will surely set up a mirror, etc. but in the end easily searchable and actively maintained content is something entirely different.
At least the 'easily searchable' part of the old Usenet content is something that might come back with https://www.usenetarchives.com/ https://www.usenetarchives.com/
- mananaysiempre 5y agoRe the last link, as long as an archive only exists in a single place or is only operated by a single entity, it may as well not exist at all, because eventually it won’t. (This is also what terrifies me about the Wayback Machine and, to a much lesser extent, WinWorld.) An archivist who does not provide for easy mirroring is thus irresponsible.