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@xurizaemon
> I love these archives, and hate the extraction machines that will frack them to dust for data

The #MOLE Training bubble will burst. Probably sooner rather than later;

https://substack.com/inbox/post/179453867

The digital commons will continue. Including Flickr, which was saved from deletion by the corporate zombies at Verizon who got it with Yahoo, and there's now a not-for-profit Flickr Foundation protecting its collection into the future;

https://revolution.social/episodes/our-mission-is-to-keep-flickr-pictures-visible-for/

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 5 days ago

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@xurizaemon
> For me, "Scraping to violate the public’s privacy is bad, actually" is the example closest

This is the only thing that gives me pause. But as I say, these photos are all about 20-30 years old and they're crowd shots.

> It sounds like heritage that belongs here?

> I was pleased to see protest photos with you in the Hocken Archive recently

Huh, that's cool. Funny you should mention them. I've also been thinking about donating the prints and CDs to them.

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied · 5 days ago

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@xurizaemon
> While the protest was public, providing scrapers metadata connecting you and the images isn't my role

True that : ) Hit me up in a Direct post or by email/ XMPP/ matrix and tell me more! I'd love to know more about when and why the Hocken is displaying them, which protest(s), and so on.

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