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The Disappearing Web

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  1. Melody Bot Dec 23, 2024
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    S.E. Smith, writing for The Verge:

    This is not a problem unique to me: a recent Pew Research Center study on digital decay found that 38 percent of webpages accessible in 2013 are not accessible today. This happens because pages are taken down, URLs are changed, and entire websites vanish, as in the case of dozens of scientific journals and all the critical research they contained. This is especially acute for news: researchers at Northwestern University estimate we will lose one-third of local news sites by 2025, and the digital-first properties that have risen and fallen are nearly impossible to count. The internet has become a series of lacunas, spaces where content used to be.

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  2. Collin Skeen Dec 24, 2024
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    I can’t help but mourn the loss of an old ap.net review of Awkward Breeds by The Sidekicks that’s a part of that 38%.
     
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  3. macbethfan Dec 26, 2024
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    It sure is rich of The Verge to post this of all sites. They just put 90% of the site behind a $7 a month paywall. The Verge can fuck off as far as im concerned. Great article, but their site went from being one of my most-visited to one that i deleted all bookmarks of and unsubbed from their podcasts and YouTube pages. What they provide is not worth $7 a month to me. Wish them the best in this media hellscape. :peace: