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This is a simple discovery, but an important one. Change.gov was the President's official transition website, and included a vision for his presidency. It's a c
by konklone 13y ago
This is a simple discovery, but an important one. Change.gov was the President's official transition website, and included a vision for his presidency. It's a central piece of the historical record of the US, and they yanked it from the Internet.
It doesn't matter whether or not the Administration was trying to remove something specific: taking down the content at Change.gov is un-American and un-Internet.
- true_religion 13y agoI'm curious. What's un-American about it? I can see the whole "un-internet" aspect, becuase after all "cool urls don't change", but un-American?
- lukifer 13y agoIn theory, the shared narrative of America is rooted in Enlightenment values, including a respect for reason, education and history. The lack of a proactive attempt to preserve that history, let alone to erase it intentionally, goes against the principles of the Age of Reason. In practice, obviously, this story is at best an ideal we strive for, and that we only achieve partially or intermittently.
- true_religion 13y agoAh I see what you mean, though the argument could be made that people treat the internet like casual verbal communication. There's nothing to preserve because its supposed to be ephemeral.
- lostlogin 13y agoPartially, intermittently or accidentally.
- bobbydavid 13y agoSide note: does this mean xkcd's "Time" is un-internet?
- smithian 13y agoNever fear, the Wayback Machine is here. http://web.archive.org/web/20130608162024/http://change.gov/content/home http://web.archive.org/web/20130608162024/http://change.gov/...