EPISODE · Dec 9, 2021 · 55 MIN

The Disappearing Internet

from 16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning · host Moonbeam Multimedia

Welcome and thanks for listening to episode 48, The Disappearing Internet! This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create? From the demise of Yahoo Answers and Xanga to preservation efforts headed up by The Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, Katie and Chelsea discuss the vanishing content that you don't miss until it's gone forever. Friendly reminder, we are taking the next episode off for Christmas and family time. Please take some time this Holiday season to take care of yourself! We will see you in January!The Million Dollar HomepageThe Internet ArchiveNPR - "Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet" by Laurel WamsleyBBC - "Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m" By Justin HarperFast Company - "Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history" By Kayla Harris AND Christina Beis AND Stephanie ShrefflerThe New York Times - "Yahoo Answers, a Haven for the Confused, Is Shutting Down" By Daniel VictorVideo Game History FoundationWikipedia - DiscordPolygon - "Video game archivists celebrate new victory in preservation of abandoned games (update)" By Allergra FrankElectronic Frontier FoundationInternet Archive - Software LibraryBBC - "Why there’s so little left of the early internet" By Stephen DowlingThe Verge - "Myspace deleted 12 years’ worth of music in a botched server migration" By Jon Porterhow is prangent formed - YouTube/Yahoo Answers meme videoCreative Bloq - The Evolution of Twitter's LogoIna Garten's Real Margarita Recipe

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This episode deals with the ephemeral nature of the internet and the lasting impacts of losing websites, software, and other pieces of technology (and the content that is associated with them) over time. While it may seem natural for the internet to grow and evolve, we seldom contemplate the lost of our social, political, cultural, and creative history on the web. How does the internet disappear, and who is doing the work to archive and preserve all of the ridiculous Tweets and blog posts we create?

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