🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2024-12-19

Exploring the implications of link rot and what it means when the web forgets.

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What happens when the web forgets?

Techmeme: A look at the quickly disappearing web, as digital decay and link rot erase many media formats; a Pew study says 38% of webpages accessible in 2013 are now gone (S.E. Smith/The Verge)

By S.E. Smith / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Just over a decade ago, a similar story played out in the press.

Techmeme: Link rot study finds 49% of hyperlinks in Supreme Court decisions are broken (Adam Liptak/New York Times)

This story, by Adam Liptak / New York Times, appeared on Techmeme.