Pieces of the Past Lost to Digital Dust
Wrote this a while back to vent about a noticeable digital trend that I felt was happening a lot at the time and of course still happens. Originally posted this in May 2023.
Pieces of the Past Lost to Digital Dust
By: A.X. Bueno
Photos of those now gone
Videos from accounts and channels their owners left in the past
Among many other things we thought would always last
But a lot has changed including the ways of the world wide web
So companies try to make virtual space in the hopes their money won't possibly ebb
They do so and give the reason why as something like security
But that reasoning doesn't hold up and to most it's plain to see
We see the way this is becoming an unfortunate trend
Of bringing accounts old and unused for whatever reasons
Just taking up space now being brought to an end
Taking down the accounts of those lost or who lost passwords to the seasons
But those points aren't considered in the face of changing policy
Instead change is being implemented somewhat quick and hostilely
With people scrambling to archive whatever they can
From these old accounts, trying to stay ahead of corporate plans
To prevent a lot of old memories and data potentially being lost
The internet was something believed to be sacred and forever
Making it easy to forget that unfortunately it too has a cost