Websites of today are the historical evidence of tomorrow – but only if they are archived.
The internet has evolved into the primary archive of our history and culture. Yet social networks get left behind and close up shop. Digital media sites go bankrupt. Companies stop selling their online products. Links rot. Files aren’t found. Everyone, obviously, has seen the following message countless times:
Sometimes it doesn’t matter. The internet is a vast sea of content, and let’s face it, 90% of it is pretty rubbish anyway. So the loss of a single weirdly formatted, outdated webpage isn’t the end of the world.