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Who are we?

We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

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It would be a shame to lose the wealth of knowledge with easy-ish search that subreddits like datahoarder provide if the subreddit is taken down or stays locked forever. Sure it is currently accessible, but will it stay that way?

I know it is being archived, but the accessibility part is the problem.

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[–] nydas 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While it’s easy enough to get the sub contents in json, I don’t believe there is a post API for lemmy yet, so no way to easily push it back up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it is still possible. The question now is should it be done?

[–] nydas 1 points 1 year ago

Hmmm…. I’d be more inclined to ensure it was archived with the wayback machine, and then refer back to that.