> I'm trying to imagine backing up my presence everywhere I go: every comment I write, every reply, every +1/-1. I've definitely lost access to sites unexpected

> I'm trying to imagine backing up my presence everywhere I go: every comment I write, every reply, every +1/-1. I've definitely lost access to sites unexpectedly a number of times, for things that did not seem like a big deal at the time. And poof, massive pieces of life & time are just gone. If anything, the strange thing is that life online is unusually durable compared to normal experience. Most of the meat-space equivalences to the ephemeralities you mention-- a discussion here, a note left there, etc, evaporate in days. Online life is weird in that this stuff sticks around for a few years often and occasionally decades. I too miss previous communities, cultures, and participations. I enjoy the snippets I can find from 2-3 decades ago, and I wish more was still around. But if anything, I think the fact that it could still exist makes me grasp for nostalgia with energy that could instead be spent living for today.