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I used to hoard mp3s back when oink's pink palace was a thing. Any time I heard one song by an artist that I like, I'd just go and download just about everythin

by least 3y ago

I used to hoard mp3s back when oink's pink palace was a thing. Any time I heard one song by an artist that I like, I'd just go and download just about everything that artist ever produced. But then one day, my massive 500gb hard drive with all my music died. I was a teenager with no income so it's not like I could have backed it up if I wanted to but after that the notion of collecting all that music over again just sounded like a massive waste of time. Spotify didn't exist yet, so I still pirated a ton of music but never again to the same extent. Thanks to the emergence of streaming music services, I largely just don't download music, unless it's something particularly special or difficult to find, which is limited to a some Japanese music that isn't available in the US. I actually think I prefer treating music as ethereal because ultimately, although there are many songs that I am quite fond of, there's no shortage of really great music that I haven't heard yet and an even greater amount of music that I will never hear. I don't have anything against digital hoarders, but I do think in most cases it's compulsion more than anything driving them to archive all of the movies, tv shows, and music that they do.

xg15 3y ago
Until your favourite streaming service just announces the next chapter of its exciting journey, that is.
rnd0 3y ago
>I don't have anything against digital hoarders, but I do think in most cases it's compulsion more than anything driving them to archive all of the movies, tv shows, and music that they do. The recent crunchyroll/funimation flaps would prove the wisdom of being a hoarder (of some sort), at least for things you're going to care about some day. I mean, there is some truth to what you say. E.G. I have gigs of music in my digital collection that was simply "eh, maybe I'll wanna hear it someday" circa 2005 but then I never got to listening to; but that doesn't mean that in most cases it's only compulsion (at least for me, personally).
- least 3y ago
  I think it's fine to download those things. I still do sometimes. I just don't do anything to preserve them and I'm not buying a bunch of hard drives just to ensure that I can hold onto every anime I've ever watched on disk just in case I want to watch something again. If it's something that I do find myself going back to more than once, then I will try to keep it. Digital hoarders are great to have. The hoarders are the ones that often have been the source of otherwise lost media. I just don't think it's all that different from hoarding of physical items. As someone whose natural inclination is to hoard, I've taken measures to prevent that (both in the physical and digital realm).
pavel_lishin 3y ago
Some of it is compulsion, some of it is risk aversion. I have a lot of music that means quite a lot to me; I would be crushed if I could never hear it again. Keeping mp3's on my hard drive (and backed up!) means I'm almost always able to listen to the things that bring me joy. (And I've definitely lost some of those songs, and have not been able to find them ever again. At least, in that situation much like you, I have no-one to blame but myself.)

by least 3y ago

xg15 3y ago

Until your favourite streaming service just announces the next chapter of its exciting journey, that is.

rnd0 3y ago

>I don't have anything against digital hoarders, but I do think in most cases it's compulsion more than anything driving them to archive all of the movies, tv shows, and music that they do. The recent crunchyroll/funimation flaps would prove the wisdom of being a hoarder (of some sort), at least for things you're going to care about some day. I mean, there is some truth to what you say. E.G. I have gigs of music in my digital collection that was simply "eh, maybe I'll wanna hear it someday" circa 2005 but then I never got to listening to; but that doesn't mean that in most cases it's only compulsion (at least for me, personally).

least 3y ago
I think it's fine to download those things. I still do sometimes. I just don't do anything to preserve them and I'm not buying a bunch of hard drives just to ensure that I can hold onto every anime I've ever watched on disk just in case I want to watch something again. If it's something that I do find myself going back to more than once, then I will try to keep it. Digital hoarders are great to have. The hoarders are the ones that often have been the source of otherwise lost media. I just don't think it's all that different from hoarding of physical items. As someone whose natural inclination is to hoard, I've taken measures to prevent that (both in the physical and digital realm).

pavel_lishin 3y ago

Some of it is compulsion, some of it is risk aversion. I have a lot of music that means quite a lot to me; I would be crushed if I could never hear it again. Keeping mp3's on my hard drive (and backed up!) means I'm almost always able to listen to the things that bring me joy. (And I've definitely lost some of those songs, and have not been able to find them ever again. At least, in that situation much like you, I have no-one to blame but myself.)