[LINK] The Internet Is Rotting

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Mon Sep 20 09:24:27 AEST 2021


https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/06/the-internet-is-a-collective-hallucination/619320/

 >The benefit of retroactive correction in some instances—imagine fixing a typographical error in the proportions of a recipe, or 
blocking out someone’s phone number shared for the purposes of harassment—should be contextualized against the prospect of systemic, 
chronic demands for revisions by aggrieved people or companies single-mindedly demanding changes that serve to eat away at the 
public record. The public’s interest in seeing what’s changed—or at least being aware that a change has been made and why—is as 
legitimate as it is diffuse. And because it’s diffuse, few people are naturally in a position to speak on its behalf.

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