sooooo i was just thinking abt all the stuff we lost simply by thinking its cringe or it doesnt get enought like or stupid shit like that, i think if you post something no matter how cringe or how hated on it gets you should never delete it, bc theres no many people i hear abt losing stuff from myspace bc it all got deleted, or their acc was archives on the wayback machine but there photo wasnt bc their stupid 15 year old mind thought it was a stupid photo to upload, atleast if your going to delete something archive it, you never know the internet could just vanish and everything you once had is a memory and nothing more.
i think that is one of the most sickening thing about this place... if someone has something as little as a server change then all of your photos before than time were deleted... gone...
all of my posts ive written abt, photos ive uploaded, videos ive made, gone overnight and nothing i can do about it.
if theres one thing to do here on the internet... archive, archive literally anything and everything bc one day it will be gone
EDIT: i wanna mention if you archive youre own stuff archive youre friends stuff aswell if they havent already they might need it in the future :) and always make yourself findable, you might lose some people that mean alot to you while being on here, so please always make yourself findable by giving other ways to contact you or if your cofmy enough with the person then give then your state or city so they could find you on facebook by chance idk XD just do anything to make yourself findable to youre friends :)
ANYWAYSSSS SORRY FOR THIS KINDA SCARY TOPIC BUT YK ITS SCARY FOR A REASON ARCHIVE EVERYTHING. BYEEEEEEEE
-XOXO
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discmaan_
I really agree with this. I think we've become so used to seeing the internet as something permanent that we forget how fragile it actually is. Entire websites disappear, servers shut down, accounts get deleted, and suddenly years of memories are just... gone.
I also think it's sad how often we delete things because we think they're "cringe" or embarrassing. Looking back at old posts or photos can be uncomfortable, but they're also little pieces of who we were at that moment. Even if we've changed, they still tell part of our story.
I've started appreciating the idea of treating the internet like a personal archive rather than just a place to post for likes. You never know what will become meaningful years from now. A random photo, a blog post, or even a silly comment can end up being something you treasure<33
your so right i love this comment so much i had to pin it, i really like your point abt treating the internet as a personal archive, bc i feel like so many people just think theres so many archivers out there, and there is, but what if they dont archive your profile or your photos or they dont know abt a small website that only you and a small group of people know, small things like these are why you should archive just to archive,
and omg yes i tried to find a comment i posted on a tiktok video a few years ago and i could find the comment nor the video it was like trying to hunt down a ghost, if i were to screenshot it i wouldve had it just fine.
but this comment was really amazing thank you for taking the time to write it X3!!!!!
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PollyLuu
This happened to my childhood kids website, kinda like facebook for kids, my whole childhood.. gone, out of nowhere
It makes me mad, if the owner of the website would inform that he is going to delete the website, I would go there and make sure to archive it... welp, it didnt happen. I understand it was dying kids website that was actually DEAD dead, but my whole childhood happened on that site.. all the dramas we had, all the roleplays, chats... I managed to get some of my old posts from the website BEFORE it was deleted but its not enough, makes me so mad like seriously... :((( I even still talk to my online best friend I met on the website! 12 years of friendship! he sadly doesnt have much saved either.
reading abt things like this always make me feel sick, knowing that so many people had built something so personal to them and meant so much to them just being wiped with no warning, i can kinda relate bc a game that ive been playing since 2016 just shut down on june 1st and atleast they gave me time to archive, but when things shut down and wipe everything the people have made (geocities) it always makes me feel so sick knowing a piece of internet history is gone not just for me but for the person it matters most to.
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