Without doubt there is nothing "100% permanent" online, just like there's no way to guarantee 100% security (in online communication and other computer endeavours). Looking at a finer granularity however, there's still a difference between a community on DW and a Discord server, because the latter is a chat and can be deleted in a second leaving no trace (contrary to the community that cna be archived, etc. etc.)
It may also be the coming of more fast-paced times in online communication, sure -- more people, more ephemeral content replacing more thought-out pieces (e.g. a rant in a IG story vs. a blog post).
I don't know how things will change, or how we will find a good solution to make most of it work, but one thing is sure: a lot of things we still know not because Geocities never fell, but because those who were there and lost it tried to preserve parts of it, and the "lessons learned" also through other means (wayback machine etc.) -- with hidden, untraceable and unsearchable communities screenshots are taken only when drama happens, and there should be a better way to make this work. T_T
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Date: 2025-01-05 08:32 pm (UTC)Without doubt there is nothing "100% permanent" online, just like there's no way to guarantee 100% security (in online communication and other computer endeavours). Looking at a finer granularity however, there's still a difference between a community on DW and a Discord server, because the latter is a chat and can be deleted in a second leaving no trace (contrary to the community that cna be archived, etc. etc.) It may also be the coming of more fast-paced times in online communication, sure -- more people, more ephemeral content replacing more thought-out pieces (e.g. a rant in a IG story vs. a blog post). I don't know how things will change, or how we will find a good solution to make most of it work, but one thing is sure: a lot of things we still know not because Geocities never fell, but because those who were there and lost it tried to preserve parts of it, and the "lessons learned" also through other means (wayback machine etc.) -- with hidden, untraceable and unsearchable communities screenshots are taken only when drama happens, and there should be a better way to make this work. T_T