Archival is something that should be taken very very seriously by social media software

@aud of course, we never really believe a technology works until we actually try it, and for obvious reasons we haven't tried this one.

@[email protected] hm. I wonder if any research groups do work in this area (archival, bootstrapping, consistency; specifically from a human-first perspective). Maybe that's a good thing for me to look into it. I think it's stupidly, ridiculously important, and an interesting problem as well.

@aud yes, when financial cost and environmental destruction are not concerns, it's a good approach heh.

@aud for sure!!!!

@[email protected] since they're bragging about it in the business press, I now just want to scream "booooooooooring" even though admittedly it's low key interesting.

@[email protected] negging corporations is always praxis

@[email protected] what, you don't wanna shred up a few documents and drop a couple grand on figuring out if they're full of it? weird.

@[email protected] ... ah, yeah. jesus, why did I not think about the microplastics and other pollutants? Admittedly, it is very cold and I am still not fully awake.

Really, the best thing to do with the damn things is keep using them but I get why that's a security issue.

There's a snarky part of me that just wants to say, "well, maybe nation states should have fewer secrets, then."

@[email protected] ooooooooooooooooooooh

I wonder what key terms to look for. I think a dream research project would involve working on library science type problems in tech. I want to help librarians and educators and help lift people up...!

But even in the extreme sense: assume we snuff ourselves out (I would rather we not). Could I help build something to help future generations avoid our mistakes?

@aud it is super easy to not think about that! especially if the discussion started in the digital domain

@[email protected] yeah. I think my background in chemistry usually keeps me grounded on the subject of e-waste but there's still the tendency to work in pure hypotheticals and not ground it in reality.