The Disappearing Internet

Author: Moonbeam Multimedia
Published: Thu 09 Dec 2021
Episode Link: https://www.sixteentoone.com/

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 Homepage

The Internet Archive

NPR - "Library Of Congress Will No Longer Archive Every Tweet" by Laurel Wamsley

BBC - "Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m" By Justin Harper

Fast Company - "Parts of the web are disappearing every day. Here’s how to save Internet history" By Kayla Harris AND Christina Beis AND Stephanie Shreffler

The New York Times - "Yahoo Answers, a Haven for the Confused, Is Shutting Down" By Daniel Victor

Video Game History Foundation

Wikipedia - Discord

Polygon - "Video game archivists celebrate new victory in preservation of abandoned games (update)" By Allergra Frank

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Internet Archive - Software Library

BBC - "Why there’s so little left of the early internet" By Stephen Dowling