added by Lucas Kohorst · updated 6mo ago
Digital Graveyards
- Sometimes online communities make wikis or YouTube explainers to keep track of certain storylines, but many seem to persist without ever being recorded. Shared memory is often maintained in ways that don’t translate to the readable archives produced by print-based textual tradition. On some level, this feels paradoxical, like the internet should ac... See more
from How to Read the Internet by Libby Marrs
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Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age
by A. Lewis
- Forgetting is a feature, not a bug. It makes us feel like we’re moving forward through time, rather than standing still or running in circles. My grandmother and her ancestors knew this all too well. Artful forgetting, editing, and curation allowed them to craft narratives that helped their children understand the past and orient towards the future... See more
from The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time by Aaron Z. Lewis
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