Hard problems in social media archiving

(alexwlchan.net)

14 points | by surprisetalk 4 days ago ago

2 comments

  • zoobab 3 hours ago

    HTTP is not designed for mirroring.

    FTP was easy to mirror with "lftp> mirror -p".

    Easy mirroring and archive level maintenance (let's say the network always maintain 3 copies at minimum) should be built-in the "social media" protocols.

  • binarykult 2 hours ago

    Well if only we still can archive Instagram full-profiles, for example ...