On 2020-06-19 11:27 p.m., Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > >> Images take up a lot of space and are best dealt with via links. > > Which rot over time. > > If you're going to create a permanent archive, you need to archive any > attachments as well. > > http://www.vcfed.org/forum is a perfect example of messages full of link > rot. >
Yes, we could have learned from the fact that Photobucket and dozens of other image hosting services chosen arbitrarily by users have disappeared, leaving forums full of posts without context, often making them useless. --Toby
