Comments on: Bump Not Sage: Saving 4Chan

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:51:05 +0000

@Anonymous:
Why should only the people who were alive and active at a given moment be allowed to enjoy said moment? There’s something to be said for fleeting events, but there’s a lot more to be said for preserving a fairly massive piece of history.

@David:
Well, they’re part of the history too.

By: Jason Scott: Saving 4Chan | Extra Future

Jason Scott: Saving 4Chan | Extra Future — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:35:57 +0000

[...] Jason’s acquired about 5 years worth of expired threads from the internet’s House of Awful Shit and Meme Factory, 4chan. Yes, this is culturally important. Just trust me. [...]

By: David

David — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:13:21 +0000

Why would anyone care if images are not included?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:49:41 +0000

This is really sad. Please don’t do it. Does nobody see the value in transience anymore?

By: Torley

Torley — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:55:55 +0000

Heard about this via Waxy too! What a chunk of Internet.

It would be wonderful to find accessibly exciting ways to browse these archives and the evolutions of memes (and other items of confusion-causing cultural significance).

And generate other stats like a graph over time like Google Trends showing how many times the words “FAIL” and “WIN” were used.