{"id":7173,"date":"2017-11-04T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2017-10-25T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T18:01:20","slug":"linked-can-the-library-of-congress-save-gawkers-website-from-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/11\/04\/linked-can-the-library-of-congress-save-gawkers-website-from-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Can the Library of Congress Save Gawker\u2019s Website From Extinction?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/future_tense\/2017\/10\/12\/can_the_library_of_congress_and_internet_archive_protect_gawker.html\">via Slate<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Together, these uncertainties and frustrations speak to why it\u2019s important to preserve sites like Gawker in their original condition. While digital archives provide a valuable service\u2014buffering against the total loss of the internet\u2019s past and showing us sites as they once were\u2014they can\u2019t replace sites themselves.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m not arguing the worth of the written word on Gawker.com and its importance 100 years from now. I\u2019m arguing that all written-works should be preserved, even those on Gawker.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Slate: Together, these uncertainties and frustrations speak to why it\u2019s important to preserve sites like Gawker in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-11-04T18:01:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"a57ba76b-73ec-4b4a-8fd4-68730b594c01","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-11-04T18:01:41Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ApXuna3PsS0qP1GhzC1lMAQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1RH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6635,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/02\/linked-rt-gets-banned-from-facebook-until-after-trumps-inauguration\/","url_meta":{"origin":7173,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;RT Gets Banned From Facebook Until After Trump&#8217;s Inauguration&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo: (which is now basically Gawker.com) In a surprise move, RT (formerly known as Russia Today) has been banned from posting articles, photos, and videos to Facebook. 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