Without being exploited: What archivists should learn from the XeNTaX forums aftermath
XeNTaX forums and wiki have shut down and archival attempts have been suppressed. But for good reason!
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Remembering YouTube’s Lost Unlisted Videos
On this day, 12 years ago, YouTube introduced unlisted videos as a compromise between a public and a private video. Perfect for sharing your history project with friends, video outtakes, or just about anything you didn't want cluttering your channel.
Pulling Rank: The Legacy of Alexa Internet
Alexa is shutting down and this is an unfortunate loss for the web archiving community, for reasons that are not obvious...
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Interview with Hubz of Gaming Alexandria
Interview with Gaming Alexandria admin Hubz on Game Preservation and Scanning
Posted inCommunity Spotlight Interviews
Stuck in the Desert, or Video Strike Team
This is an interview with Sokar, of the Video Strike Team, conducted over IRC. The VST is an archival group of a rather small scope: preserving a particular stream, Desert…
Posted inEditorial
YouTube was made for Reuploads
YouTube is a platform and a community which live off of reuploads. With the privating of old unlisted videos, let's re-examine the relationship between YouTube and reuploading.
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Why We Shouldn’t Worry About YouTube’s Inactive Accounts Policy
From time to time, YouTube users and archivists worry that, because of YouTube's Inactive Accounts Policy, YouTube channels will be deleted if they are left inactive for more than six…
Posted inHistory
The Legacy Of MadV, The YouTuber Time Forgot
MadV was an early YouTuber whose videos included music, illusions and collaboration videos. Notably, he organized the "One World" collab which was at one point the most responded video on YouTube.
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Back in a Flash: The Super Mario 63 Community!
In honor of Flashcember: the history and state of the Super Mario 63 community and how they've prepared for the discontinuation of Flash Player.
A New Breed of Digital Archiving and Preservation
In honor of Digital Preservation Day here are the three As we need more than ever: Adaptability, Acceptance and Acknowledgment.