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this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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@papalonian @possiblylinux127 They say the internet never forgets, but still... An overwhelming percentage of content on the internet will be lost to time, because websites die constantly and most things aren't archived. It's also yet to be seen if archive sites like archive.org survive or not.
Individual websites come and go, yes, but COVID literally dominated every and all aspects of everyday life for the better part of 2020. It's like saying that everyone is gonna forget that WWII happened because most of the newspapers from the time have stopped running.
It's not that the Internet never forgets, it's just that most people don't remember the things it forgot.