• MagnumDovetails@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 years ago

    That is sad, I did enjoy some follow ups, the drama was a good read even if it was someone’s creative writing practice. I truly appreciated seeing skills grow. I followed a few craft/hobby subs; sometimes someone would ask a very novice question and end up posting incredible work a few months later. Don’t get me wrong, I hate reddit- especially now, but there were some good, helpful communities

  • psycrow@lemmy.world
    724·
    2 years ago

    It’s about time that people understood that “Everything on the internet lasts forever” is a falsehood formed from a Web 2.0 mindset. Now those big Web 2.0 sites everyone thought would dominate the internet forever are dying, and the only thing saving what was on those websites (the internet archive) is being constantly sued by greedy publishers.

      • psycrow@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        I mentally associate the concept the most with the late 2000’s when Encyclopedia Dramatica (a troll wiki dedicated to making fun of people) was at peak popularity and could ruin peoples lives if an article was made on a person there. All you had to do was type in a persons name on google, and chances are their ED article was one of the first results. But then not even 2 years into the next decade, ED imploded because the site admins wanted the place to be more sterile and profitable, and they were tired of being threatened by lawsuits.

        You could argue that Encyclopedia Dramatica lives on in spirit as Kiwifarms, but at this point Kiwifarms struggles to even remain online 24/7 because they managed to piss off the wrong people.

        Nothing is eternal on the internet. The only way to save information is to actively back it up and maintain it.

    • Standroid@programming.dev
      361·
      2 years ago

      I think that warning is more about the lack of control you have over your own data. You post a pic or political view online and it will be duplicated before you know it and you won’t be able to delete it on your own terms.

      • Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de
        22·
        2 years ago

        Yep, it’s just Murphy’s Law of data: everything you regret posting will be in public archives forever, everything you want to preserve will have gotten deleted the next time you try to find it.

        • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          I think if we’re being honest it’s just information theory right? You but any sort of information out there (digital or not) and that info has ripple effects and propagates

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      The idea of old sites dying is what inspired me to hunt down really old hobby blogs and save up their images. Then contact creators and anybody who replied (sometimes it was a bit of detective work to find an old email) and signed off was reposted on my blog. Those old geocities type websites aren’t going to last forever without maintenance.

      My effort is very small, but I think people should search out Web 1.0 and 2.0 old stuff in their wheelhouse and preferably with original author permission, rehost it.

    • GustavoM@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      “Everything on the internet lasts forever” is a falsehood formed from a Web 2.0 mindset.

      What do you mean, my upvotes won’t last for all eternity? AND MY ANGRY DOWNVOTES?!?!

      WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY?

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
    463·
    2 years ago

    It was sort of ambitious for people to think they’d be on reddit with the same account in 20 years

      • zeppo@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        I suppose I still have an account from 2009 that I don’t ever use. I went through at least two dozen others that I deleted since then though.

    • oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip
      5·
      2 years ago

      I’m still with my old yahoo account, because it is tied with my tumblr account, and sad to say my tumblr is much older than my first reddit account, which is older than the digg migration. I’d revive yahoo groups in a heartbeat if it is revived with the same feature set. There’s a certain kind of group discussion it really does well for that forums don’t really capture.

      • sucksatusernames@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’d revive yahoo groups in a heartbeat if it is revived with the same feature set

        SAME, why did Yahoo shut down, there were so many incredible things to it (but I like forums, too)

        Edit: I’m dumb and misspoke, Yahoo itself didn’t shut down but a lot of things in it did

    • gk99@lemmy.world
      72·
      2 years ago

      I don’t think so, reddit was so dominant that had they simply not decided to anger all their power users, we’d all still be on there like nothing had changed. A good platform has staying power, I’ve been on Steam for 16 years and I have no plans of bailing on it because it’s simply the best gaming platform I’ve ever used. It’s not game lock-in or anything, most of my games I could buy elsewhere or pirate, I just like having the features and all these other ones popping up like GOG Galaxy still aren’t overtaking it despite the good PR.

      • RagingRobot@lemmy.world
        294·
        2 years ago

        Capitalism killed it. That’s how things go. They are great for a while then get too big and have to keep growing for some reason. The pursuit of perpetual growth ruins everything

      • queermunist@lemmy.world
        20·
        2 years ago

        Yahoo answers held on for decades after it was relevant, I’m sure Reddit will be around in 15 years.

        Sadly, Remindbot will be reminding a ghost town populated only by other bots

      • Rocket@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 years ago

        Agreed. Have been on Steam for almost 19 years. Nothing has really degraded as far as the service goes, and Valve’s approach to listening to community feedback is good. We’ve saw controversy, mainly Paid Mods and CS:GO gambling, both have been taken care of for the most part due to community pushback. I can’t think of a controversy that has made me want to leave the service though. With Reddit, it was a slow decline to its death on July 1st.

          • Gabu@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            This is easily the main concern when it comes to Steam. A strong leadership can largely mitigate the ill effects of capitalism, but once said leadership goes away, it becomes a profiteering free-for-all.

            • njordomir@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 years ago

              I’m imaginging you emulating a bunch of retro win10 games on your future-pc 30 years from now. Smart way of doing it though: why pay of the DRM version when you can actually own the game?

      • credo@laguna.chat
        7·
        2 years ago

        had they simply not decided to anger all their power users

        It was Huffman. It was inevitable.

  • soupspoon@lemmy.world
    122·
    2 years ago

    Good lord, trigger warning! I’m so glad Lemmy is here to fill the void, but just when I think I’ve healed you hit me with this dang

  • NerfHerder@lemm.ee
    21·
    2 years ago

    Had that same shower thought but didn’t think to share it then forgot. Now I have a second sad.