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38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later (www.pewresearch.org)
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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 128 points 2 years ago (5 children)

remember kids, everything you post on the internet stays forever*

*unless it cannot be monetized anymore

[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everything 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.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I know a lot of people still have terrible fanfiction they wrote as teens on the internet somewhere, so the warning is very appropriate.

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The WayBack Machine would like a word: https://web.archive.org/

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago

Even the Wayback Machine has limits to what is available.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, that stuff is out there somewhere... in a database

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Or on a server hanging out in a landfill.

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't worry, it might still bubble up to the surface in the hallucinations of an AI.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can't train an AI on data that's no longer in existence

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 10 points 2 years ago

But 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.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really? Because I don't think my dick pic can be monetized

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

Sure it can. People will pay to not see it.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe start a charity and raise money that way?