It’s disheartening when I see blogs disappear, go 404, totally vanish because the author closed up shop. I’m a big fan of blogging as a great activity to do, a good thing to keep doing. I want blogs to persist because I believe in them.
I’ve had this domain for 25 years and have been writing journals of some form online since 1997. I’ve been writing paper journals since 1991. I don’t intend to stop.
When I see a blogger turn off the tap, remove all history, completely disappear, or worse, leave it all up and never touch it again, I feel a little piece of the Internet die. It reminds me how ephemeral this all really is.
I always wonder about the end of this site, how soon after my demise will the hosting shut off, how quickly my domain will get snapped up by porn spammers. Will there be any loved ones to back it all up?