I'm at the point that I save a copy of any sufficiently cool image I see online (for art inspo or even if it's just something that makes me happy) since I've lost pictures into the churning froth of twitter by itself after making the mistake of looking away for an hour.
*finds cool thing on any non-FOSS social media app*
Cool, I'll check this out in a minute or two.
*turning phone screen on later, app shows exactly what I was looking at, perfect to continue where we left off, but then suddenly does loading animation, goes to home page with no way to return to what I was looking at*
Yep be your own archive. Every few weeks slap that download folder into a deep storage drive. Name it with basic descriptors.
Oh shit that thing I remembers can't be found or the site went through enshittification for their IPO or government said something bad. That cool youtube video from 10 years ago has been degraded to 140p ..I thought it was in 1080p back then. Thanks gooogle!
Ok to the personal archives. Search well there's the copies. Lets upload that to whatever is [not shit]
Remember in 2004 we all took for granted that as soon as something went online it could never be deleted fully?
I'm at the point that I save a copy of any sufficiently cool image I see online (for art inspo or even if it's just something that makes me happy) since I've lost pictures into the churning froth of twitter by itself after making the mistake of looking away for an hour.
*finds cool thing on any non-FOSS social media app*
Cool, I'll check this out in a minute or two.
*turning phone screen on later, app shows exactly what I was looking at, perfect to continue where we left off, but then suddenly does loading animation, goes to home page with no way to return to what I was looking at*
Instagram is so bad about this.
I can't relate because I don't use phone apps (other than youtube)
Me: well okay, I think it was posted by my friend that I follow, so I'll check their feed
Me: No? Ugh, that means it was probably posted by the person I follow who posts 40 things an hour, I guess I'll check their feed.
Me, fifteen minutes later: No... It's not here either...
Narrator: The original artist deleted the picture thirty minutes ago because crypto-fascists were harassing them for no reason
Yep be your own archive. Every few weeks slap that download folder into a deep storage drive. Name it with basic descriptors.
Oh shit that thing I remembers can't be found or the site went through enshittification for their IPO or government said something bad. That cool youtube video from 10 years ago has been degraded to 140p ..I thought it was in 1080p back then. Thanks gooogle!
Ok to the personal archives. Search well there's the copies. Lets upload that to whatever is [not shit]
I feel really sad when I can't find a meme or gif a friend reminds me of because it's impossible to find even when you remember the title exactly
people thought this? maybe people who didn't understand how the internet is hosted. by 2004 i had seen several favorite websites shut down.
If it's cool, it goes offline before the end of the year. If it's harassing someone, it stays online forever, surviving even nuclear war.