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I certainly agree with you but a lot of that content got archived (and some of it is still directly available) but if for example Facebook would become extinct
by genman 3y ago
I certainly agree with you but a lot of that content got archived (and some of it is still directly available) but if for example Facebook would become extinct then a lot of content held there will follow without any rescue. A lot of niche content in now on Facebook in some groups or now even worse, in some group chats, or in closed groups or even worse, invite only groups. The content might be there but it is incredibly difficult to discover (it was once called a deep web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_web).
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoFinding little nuggets of content feels totally different than what the author is talking about to me, where it feltmlile there were whole other worlds out there. Parker had built her own little microcosm. The web was more distinct weird different experiences, poorly connected, than it was anything else. In some ways this article is about the end of a digital dualism. There used to be different spheres, where the digital was it's own place & was voyaged into. Now the bleed over between the physical and information space is immense. Sure we can still have some voyaging and disocovery, but what you are describing is more like using a metal detector to look for anonymous bits, rather than jaunting around across little infospheres. There is no digital dualism.