The disappearing web: Information decay is eating away our history — Tech News and Analysis - by @mathewi http://t.co/6X6Btz1h
September 20, 2012
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The disappearing web: Information decay is eating away our history
The ability to distribute real-time information through social networks like Twitter is a powerful thing, but a new study points out that one of the downsides of this phenomenon is the fact that much of the content that gets linked to eventually disappears.