I'm at the point that I save a copy of any sufficiently cool image I see online (for art inspo or even if it's just something that makes me happy) since I've lost pictures into the churning froth of twitter by itself after making the mistake of looking away for an hour.

[–] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 68 points 11 months ago (3 children)

*finds cool thing on any non-FOSS social media app*

Cool, I'll check this out in a minute or two.

*turning phone screen on later, app shows exactly what I was looking at, perfect to continue where we left off, but then suddenly does loading animation, goes to home page with no way to return to what I was looking at*

[–] TheWorldSpins@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

Instagram is so bad about this.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

I can't relate because I don't use phone apps (other than youtube)

[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Me: well okay, I think it was posted by my friend that I follow, so I'll check their feed

Me: No? Ugh, that means it was probably posted by the person I follow who posts 40 things an hour, I guess I'll check their feed.

Me, fifteen minutes later: No... It's not here either...

Narrator: The original artist deleted the picture thirty minutes ago because crypto-fascists were harassing them for no reason

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep be your own archive. Every few weeks slap that download folder into a deep storage drive. Name it with basic descriptors.

Oh shit that thing I remembers can't be found or the site went through enshittification for their IPO or government said something bad. That cool youtube video from 10 years ago has been degraded to 140p ..I thought it was in 1080p back then. Thanks gooogle!

Ok to the personal archives. Search well there's the copies. Lets upload that to whatever is [not shit]

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 65 points 11 months ago

I feel really sad when I can't find a meme or gif a friend reminds me of because it's impossible to find even when you remember the title exactly

[–] Cummunism@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

people thought this? maybe people who didn't understand how the internet is hosted. by 2004 i had seen several favorite websites shut down.

[–] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 43 points 11 months ago

If it's cool, it goes offline before the end of the year. If it's harassing someone, it stays online forever, surviving even nuclear war.