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The Internet Remembers Everything. Except When It Doesn't.
38% of all web pages from 2013 no longer exist. The internet isn't a permanent record, it's a sandcastle. Bryte on why the web is quietly erasing itself.
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There's a lie we all believe about the internet.
The lie is that it remembers everything.
'Don't post that, the internet is forever.' 'Be careful what you tweet, it never goes away.' 'Everything online is permanent.'
“We treat the internet like it's carved in stone. It's not. It's written in sand at low tide. Every day, thousands of pages, articles, research, personal stories, entire communities, simply vanish. No funeral. No archive. Just a 404.”
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