@josh a decade ago, there were some free tools around to capture and archive posts for research that I used. Some university media staff might be able to help pick one out. #digitaldecay

Platform ephemerality is real and even the mighty can fall. In responses to my writing about mortality and the social web, sometimes people push back against the idea that today’s globally entrenched platforms can decay. But they obviously can #platforms #digitaldecay #commscholars #internethistories