Nothing lasts forever. Even on the internet.
Well, pictures might. Especially naughty ones. But after a while it becomes impossible to tell where they came from. That might be a good thing.
But I digress. You can look up phrases from day to day, month to month, year to year. Results you used to get you don't get anymore. Whole articles sometimes go dark, never to be seen again.
That's not so bad in itself. But as a race we've come to think of the web as the sum of all human knowledge. Which of course everyone is carrying around in their back pockets at all times. But it's not. It's a non-representative cross-section of thoughts, jokes, and abuse that can shrink as fast as it grew.
Well, pictures might. Especially naughty ones. But after a while it becomes impossible to tell where they came from. That might be a good thing.
But I digress. You can look up phrases from day to day, month to month, year to year. Results you used to get you don't get anymore. Whole articles sometimes go dark, never to be seen again.
That's not so bad in itself. But as a race we've come to think of the web as the sum of all human knowledge. Which of course everyone is carrying around in their back pockets at all times. But it's not. It's a non-representative cross-section of thoughts, jokes, and abuse that can shrink as fast as it grew.
