Data Horde

YouTube is hiding Attributions to Fan-Captioners and Translators who wanted to be credited

YouTube no longer lists captioners and translators in the video description, hiding the names of these diligent authors who had asked to be credited...

By themadprogramer October 15, 2020NewsNo Comments

Community Translations After September 28

History

[Obsoleted] YouTube removed community translations, but there is a workaround!

Even with YouTube having disabled community contributions, there is a workaround you can use to continue to add new translations on videos!

By themadprogramer October 12, 2020History2 Comments

News

Shutdown September: Tales from Websites Shutting Down Across the Interwebs

At the turn of the decade we find ourselves on the verge of a new era, albeit a precarious one. Waning is the age of websites, where there once was…

By themadprogramer October 1, 2020NewsNo Comments

New Project

Help Archive YouTube’s Community Contributions!

YouTube is removing their community contributions feature on September 28. In case you haven't already heard, that's the feature which allows viewers to add captions/subtitles, translated titles and video descriptions…

By themadprogramer September 25, 2020New ProjectNo Comments

History News

The Untold Story of why YouTube is removing Community Contributions; YouTube CC History pt. 4

In the later half of the 2010’s YouTube began putting a greater emphasis on international accessibility over accessibility for the deaf. This change in policy, alienated the Deaf Community who began to criticize the increasing inadequacy of closed captions on the website. The ensuing events would bring about the rise and fall of the feature known as community contributions.

By themadprogramer September 18, 2020History, News1 Comment

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Fanlore

It's all in the name, fanlore is an extensive lore of derivative works made by fans, an encyclopedia of fan works! Fanfiction, Fanart, Filks you name it!

By themadprogramer May 30, 2020Community SpotlightNo Comments

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Internet Archive

Who are they? Internet Archive defines itself as a "digital library". Much like most libraries nowadays you can find more than just books. From old manuscripts and journals to offline websites or floppy shareware... IA's mission is Universal Access to All Knowledge.

By themadprogramer March 28, 2020Community SpotlightNo Comments

Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight: Archive Team

If you're here right now, chances are you've heard of the name "Archive Team" before. They might not be the largest internet archiving group, but they are certainly the most influential...

By themadprogramer March 14, 2020Community Spotlight6 Comments

History

Saving Private Groups: This Time the Mission is the Fan

In a little more than 24 hours Yahoo Groups will be biting the dust, if you were once a member of a community or perhaps own and/or know an owner…

By themadprogramer January 30, 2020History5 Comments