#digital archiving

[ellewantsrevenge]

aadam jacobs's archive

[sugarfrostedapples]

playstation advertisements in the 2000s

[prokopetz]

That a major social media platform that's been around for two decades going down without proper archiving would represent a greater loss of human culture than any library that's ever burned is undeniably true, but it's also a very funny observation to make about Tumblr in particular.

[digitalmemoriez]

✫･ﾟ*.2006･ﾟ✫*.

[webdiggerxxx]

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[screamlet]

a random reminder to download ao3 fic

you should download and back up all your data regularly and that includes ao3 stuff

download the stories you posted

download the stories you bookmarked

(optional: organize them with a program like calibre)

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additionally:

don't reblog this with "my stories aren't worth saving" - i think they are if only as a reminder of the thought and intention you put into something, but if you don't feel that way then this isn't for you and you can keep scrolling

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how do i download a fic?

open the story on the web (you should be using the web version of ao3, always; there is no ao3 app)

click/tap "download" at the top

save your file of choice

do whatever you want with it, the point is you saved it

alright keep scrolling

[mesopelagic-zone]

Internet Archive and 'The Wayback Machine' are Experiencing an Existential, Legal Threat.

Below is a link to a petition whose goal it is to save one of the most effective tools against digital censorship available to the public.

Sign the Petition

Defend the Internet Archive

"At a time when digital information is being deleted, rewritten, and erased, preservation is more important than ever."

Signing this petition is FREE and takes less than 5 minutes.

Recently, user @we-are-astronomer was able to utilize Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to locate and preserve government articles DELETED from the NASA website by Trump Administration censors. For more information, their post can be found underneath the break.

If resources such as these are destroyed, we risk losing every digital article and file deleted under the Trump Administration's censorship. Without a method for restoring erased information, censorship proceeds unhindered. No body, no crime.

Collective action gets results. Do your part to protect public peace of mind.

Post by @we-are-astronomer

💬 13  🔁 2828  ❤️ 3191 · HIYA. · So a lot has gone on in the last little bit. NASA recently was ordered to scrub their site of women's contri