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Throughout human history, records have been forgotten, rewritten, changed, mutated, degraded, eroded away to nothingness. "The internet is forever" has always
by rectang 5y ago
Throughout human history, records have been forgotten, rewritten, changed, mutated, degraded, eroded away to nothingness. "The internet is forever" has always struck me as inhumane. Make a mistake or expose a weakness on the internet and it will always accompany you.
It turns out that the internet is not always forever. I find that comforting.
- symlinkk 5y agoMaybe humans should become more accommodating of past mistakes.
- _jal 5y agoSuggest that to them. I'm sure they'll get right on it.
- treesknees 5y agoDepends on how you think of "forever". If you post an embarrassing video and someone saves and reposts it with your name attached, odds are that video isn't going to be around in 200 years. But what about the next 10, 20 or 40 years? In the context of your overall professional adult life, that's a long time. "The Internet is forever" isn't some natural law by which all content abides as though it can never disappear. It's a warning that you don't control the content once it's accessible on the Internet.
- oconnor663 5y agoI think there's inhumanity of a kind on both sides of this question. "Everything you've done will be forgotten, and no one will remember your name" is the sort of thing the bad guys say in movies. But that's what happens to most of us in the end. I think it's natural not to want that.