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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/technology/27friendster.html Friendster to Erase Early Posts and Old Photos] - Jenna Wortham, ''New York Times'', 26 April 2011
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/technology/27friendster.html Friendster to Erase Early Posts and Old Photos] - Jenna Wortham, ''New York Times'', 26 April 2011


* [http://gizmodo.com/5878070/google-puts-the-hammer-down-on-three-more-services Google Puts the Hammer Down on Three More Services]  - ''Gizmodo'', 20 January 2012
* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/the-end-of-google-reader-sends-internet-into-an-uproar/  The End of Google Reader Send Internet Into an Uproar] - ''New York Times'', 14 March 2013
* [http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/chris-wetherll-google-reader/ Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects] ''GigaOm'', 13 March 2013
* [http://googlereader.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html Powering Down Google Reader] - Official Google Reader Blog, 13 March 2013
* [http://rainnews.com/breaking-live365-announces-shut-down-at-the-end-of-january/ Live365 announces shut-down at the end of January] + [http://rainnews.com/seventeen-sweet-years-ago-live365-pulls-the-plug/ Live365 pulls the plug]
* [https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/05/the-end-of-the-social-bookmarking-site-delicious/ The end of the social bookmarking site Delicious] - 5 June 2017
* [https://slate.com/technology/2024/02/quora-what-happened-ai-decline.html How Quora Died] - 2 February 2024


And sometimes you can see it coming ahead of time too:
And sometimes you can see it coming ahead of time too:


* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/27/youtube-founders-buy-delicious YouTube Founders Buy Delicious] - ''The Guardian'', 27 April 2011
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/27/youtube-founders-buy-delicious YouTube Founders Buy Delicious] - ''The Guardian'', 27 April 2011
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9008525/Facebooks-share-of-UK-social-networking-declines.html Facebook's share of UK social networking declines] - ''The Telegraph'', 11 January 2012
* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/47674474 Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years] - Cadie Thompson, ''CNBC.com'', 4 June 2012
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57591629-93/a-hail-and-farewell-to-altavista/ A hail and farewell to AltaVista] - ''CNET.com'', 28 June 2013
* [http://lukemckernan.com/2016/01/03/the-disappearing-archive/ The Disappearing Archive] - on the ephemerality of YoutTube videos by Luke McKernan, 3 January 2016
* [http://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351#.e5rdoygem As Google abandons its past, Internet archivists step in to save our collective memory] - ''The Message'', 28 January 2015
* [https://uk.help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN35505.html Yahoo Groups has been shut down] - 15 December 2020
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/10/20/bandcamp-sale-staff-cut/?mc_cid=c6877e416c Losing Bandcamp would mean losing a path into music’s future] - 20 October 2023


==See also==
==See also==
* [http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/Apple-Joins-Alliance-for-Open-Media-What-Does-it-Mean-122476.aspx Apple Joins Alliance for Open Media: What Does it Mean?] - 5 January 2018
* [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/09/29/28869/ Open access policy adopted] - Princeton University
* [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/09/29/28869/ Open access policy adopted] - Princeton University
* [http://www.lisafederer.net/2012/01/research-works-act/ A Threat to Open Access: the Research Works Act]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/what-happens-when-data-disappears.html What Happens When Data Disappears?] - The Dilemma of Being a Cyborg by Carina Chocano,  ''New York Times'', 27 January 2012
* [http://www.cathydavidson.com/2011/12/five-ways-the-open-web-can-transform-higher-education/ Five Ways The Open Web Can Transform Higher Education]  by Cathy N. Davidson, 4 December 2011
* [http://chronicle.com/article/Hot-Type-An-Open-Letter-to/131397/  An Open Letter to Academic Publishers About Open Access] by Jennifer Howard, ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', 1 April 2012
* [http://gizmodo.com/5910223/how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet] - ''Gizmondo'', 15 May 2012
* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/github-has-big-dreams-for-open-source-software-and-more/ Github has great dreams for open source] - NYTimes Blog, 28 December 2012
* [https://boingboing.net/2017/04/08/six-to-end.html Livejournal's Russian owners announce new anti-LGBT policy, fandom stages mass exodus] - ''BoingBoing'', Cory Doctorow, Saturday 8 April 2017
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/s/539001/why-wikipedia-open-access-revolution/ Why Wikipedia + Open Access = Revolution] - ''MIT Technology Review'', 2 July 2015
* [http://www.dpconline.org/publications/whats-new/1552-social-media-for-good-platform-restrictions-no-1 Social Media for Good: the Series] - DPC on Preserving Social Media
* [http://www.zdnet.com/article/peoplesound-com-a-music-revolution/ Peoplesound.com - A music revolution?] - ZDNet article from 1999
* [https://kottke.org/20/01/paris-museums-put-100000-images-online-for-unrestricted-public-use Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use] - Jason Kottke, 13 Jan 2020
* [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/10/using-reaction-gifs-over-tumblr-giphy/671680 The GIF Is on Its Deathbed] - Kaitlyn Tiffany, ''The Atlantic'', Oct 2022

Latest revision as of 07:30, 8 February 2024

One of the things that I try to point out when asked why we shouldn't just use Facebook or YouTube instead of the M3P open system for storing text, images, audio, video etc. is that those closed systems are run by commercial entities (a)with different goals than ours, and (b) who will close down one day sooner or later and potentially leave all our content without a home.

Check out the following for some factual basis to this arguments:

And sometimes you can see it coming ahead of time too:

See also

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