38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
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remember kids, everything you post on the internet stays forever*
*unless it cannot be monetized anymore
129 3 ReplyEverything you post has potential to remain forever even if it's not monetized directly. Cautioning people about it makes sense now and has always made sense.
56 0 ReplyI know a lot of people still have terrible fanfiction they wrote as teens on the internet somewhere, so the warning is very appropriate.
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The WayBack Machine would like a word: https://web.archive.org/
26 1 ReplyEven the Wayback Machine has limits to what is available.
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Oh, that stuff is out there somewhere... in a database
18 0 ReplyOr on a server hanging out in a landfill.
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Don't worry, it might still bubble up to the surface in the hallucinations of an AI.
14 0 ReplyYou can't train an AI on data that's no longer in existence
5 2 ReplyBut a decade from now, there will be AI trained on data that will no longer exist. And many websites that GPT trained on probably don't exist anymore.
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Really? Because I don't think my dick pic can be monetized
2 6 ReplySure it can. People will pay to not see it.
13 0 ReplyMaybe start a charity and raise money that way?
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