Not everything is intended or deserves to be preserved. Archiving is difficult with decisions on what's a public document, what's in the public interest.
The Wayback Machine catalogues all sorts of URLs including social media posts on the one hand and leaves off important sites on the other.
I support the Internet Archive but there are issues.
We're Losing Our Digital History. Can the Internet Archive Save It?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-archivists-battling-to-save-the-internet
#Archive #Internet #Information #Web @histodons
We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.Chris Stokel-Walker (BBC)
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