I’m weird
What do you expect from a company that removed independent fact-checkers, wanted to add AI profiles as users, amongst other things? I think they relish bots and the engagement they bring to the platform, completely blind-sided by how bad it looks for them long-term.
Assuming we had friends in the first place - something I haven’t had for about 25-odd years now…
If this were really true, why is there the existence of link rot and a large volume of online lost media?
I think the proper way to say this is that “if you post it on the internet, you should consider it being there forever”.
For example - a personal one. I did a short ambient music podcast series highlighting artists who release music via Creative Commons (a new thing at the time). It was only 5 episodes, and I have the first one archived. The other four are now completely lost to time, despite being put out on the internet back then. It’s not there forever.
In terms of social media, it’s harder to not be forever, but even that’s down to the same issues - has someone else archived it, screenshotted, especially in the case of a site ceasing to function? Internet Archive doesn’t preserve everything either. Plenty of archived pages missing images or files that enable true functionality to view everything as it was.
Because we know what would happen - O.I.:
Barry has a unique problem. He came up with a truly original idea. And sharing it has consequences.
Fair warning though, it is a short horror film though, so don’t say you haven’t been warned.
I’m surprised the Social Media moguls can’t see this becoming the norm. Good luck to them I guess.