The internet is forever. Or is it?

NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with writer s.e. smith about her piece in The Verge that explores why so many websites disappear from the internet and what it tells us about online culture.

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You’ve probably heard that the internet is forever, but is it really? You’ve probably also lost access to some of the things that you’ve loved on the internet – a blog that went dark, an account you’re locked out of or some funny video that’s just vanished. Writer S.E. Smith calls for giving more thought into what gets kept and lost on the

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