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Printed has obviously declined, but the quantity of local information has vastly increased thanks to Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Flickr, hyperlocal news sites, e
by blowski 3y ago
Printed has obviously declined, but the quantity of local information has vastly increased thanks to Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Flickr, hyperlocal news sites, etc. The unknown is how much of that data will be accessible, say, 100 years from now.
- tgv 3y agoExcept there isn't much to begin with, and what's there is very selective, it isn't continuous, it is hidden in a gigantic pile of muck, and it isn't verified, nor written in an accessible way. Civil journalism doesn't exist at the correct scale and organization required, and never will. That was one of those ridiculous internet pipe dreams. National news is also diminishing. There's considerably less hard news, and more touchy-feely background stories.
- robertlagrant 3y agoWhat you're forgetting is the inventor of touchy-feely background stories was bullied in school and now loves cats.
- mschuster91 3y ago> Printed has obviously declined, but the quantity of local information has vastly increased thanks to Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Flickr, hyperlocal news sites, etc. Unlike print media, internet sites are not required to submit their material to Library of Congress or similar government-run archives all over the world that have requirements on archival, durability and whatnot. Twitter used to have a firehose feed to LoC but IIRC it got discontinued years ago. And that doesn't even touch the question of integrity - it's hard enough to vet actual local news sources if they're authentic (there was a scandal some years ago about a lot of "content mills" from the Balkans), and outright impossible with local bloggers, Nextdoor or whatever.