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schestowitz @schestowitz@mastodon.technology

The Web was supposed to be robust (e.g. to nuclear attacks), but in reality it's very fragile and temporary. See how many dead links, dead domains etc.

Bob Mottram @bob@social.freedombone.net
@schestowitz yes, it's a common belief that whatever you put on the internet stays on the internet, but it's not true in many cases. Once someone is no longer alive, unless they were especially famous their sites/content tends to vanish within a few months.
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK @vfrmedia

@bob @schestowitz this currently affects hobby electronics and retrocomputing resources to some extent as people get older and their health prevents them updating web presences.

Amateur radio seems to fare better due to the already older age profile of those involved, folk are well aware of their own mortality and friends/relatives increasingly try to keep websites running after folk have passed on (this is one example)

qsl.net/gm8aob/

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK @vfrmedia

@schestowitz @bob

another site that has survived its owners passing is this still popular resource.

Sheldon did however have a very supportive network of friends and family, was open on his blog about his significant health problems in the 2000s and also had links to a still extant bicycle shop so there was a good body of resources available to keep the web presence running

sheldonbrown.com/

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