datahoarder
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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Don't have any pictures or videotapes from childhood, teen years or even now. Right now, I have some free music downloaded from Bandcamp from some of my favorite indie artists, and that's what I treasure for now. And a few torrented copies of novel I've yet to start reading. And a GBA state files for Final Fantasy 6 from my use of PC emulators, which is probably corrupt by now, as the SD card lives in my phone
All cool stuff. I especially like the save state because it's like ya that's MY file from that particular time.