#maybe im being dramatic. but the IA means alot to me | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

urlocalqueer · 1 year

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actually im in a mood today. why are some of y'all so against the internet archive? like, what is the moral bullshit you're on to say the internet archive shouldn't exist?

it's just incredible to me that i just read "well we wouldn't let them get away with selling heroin would we?" HELLO?? why are we comparing digital and physical archival work to selling heroin. where did you get that comparison. is it because you know that "you wouldn't steal a car" wouldn't work? idk just the fact that i read that sentence with my own eyes is. crazy.

#this internet archive lawsuit is actually pretty scary! like millions upon millions of things could just disappear. in seconds. and there #would be nothing we could do if it happened.#and yes im gonna compare it to the library of alexandria. this is the library of alexandria times a thousand. probably more #and yall want it gone? okay.#fucking idiots.#the amount of different websites just like the internet archive that have been going down is insane. every other day one is gone #and yes. it's the internet so another will pop up but still. when zlib went down it fucked with alot of people. including me #if the IA were to go down it would be catastrophic not only in archival terms but just in the terms of fucking humanity #our history is important. and now that alot of our history is being recorded online. we need to store that somewhere.#and yall want it gone.#maybe im being dramatic. but the IA means alot to me #not only is it useful for practical things like work. school. studying. but it's also fun. you can play old games watch old movies.#and yall. want. it. gone.#internet archive

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