How to disappear completely

Image credit: Rabie Rheribi via Wikimedia. CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Opinion article by s.e. smith. The Verge – December 18, 2024.

The internet is forever. But also, it isn’t. What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random?

Every few days, I open my inbox to an email from someone asking after an old article of mine that they can’t find. They’re graduate students, activists, teachers setting up their syllabus, researchers, fellow journalists, or simply people with a frequently revisited bookmark, not understanding why a link suddenly goes nowhere. […]

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