Being aware of this, I tend to make each of my podcasts in a way that they stand on their own. I do mention links for visuals or additional material, but I like to think that my podcasts are useful and enjoyable even without those links and, as lost Bronx suggested, provides an audible snapshot for future generations.
On Fri., Mar. 13, 2020, 1:58 a.m. lostnbronx, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave Morris said: > > >> So, here's my request: can we make efforts to reduce the "vulnerability" > >> of shows to unavailable links in the future? > >> > >> Discuss please :-) > > I suppose I'm guilty of this: just off the top of my head, I know I've > put up links to several audio dramas that will almost certainly become > invalid at some point or other. Then again, given enough time, nothing > on the Internet stays the same. > > The issue, as I see it, is that HPR serves both a timely audience, and > a "long-tail" audience (that is, back-episodes used as reference by > future listeners). To whom do we, as hosts, owe our collective > allegiance? Do we shoot for timelessness, as much as is reasonably > possible, or do we leave the hypothetical future listener to themself? > > Others are certainly free to disagree, but I think subscribers matter > more than long-tail listeners. > > HPR isn't Wikipedia. It may use Archive.org, but it's purpose is > fundamentally different. This is a modern show, talking about modern > topics, to an audience listening in the here-and-now. Others in the > future may -- or may not -- find these topics of value, but is it our > duty to ensure that their experience of the show is as fresh and > timely as it was when it was first published? I don't believe that it > is, nor that it should be. > > Link rot is a comprehensive problem across the entire Internet, one > that has yet to have a solution. The Wayback Machine is a start, > maybe, but we aren't them. I don't believe Dave should be shoveling > sand against the tide in combating this issue on HPR's behalf (unless, > of course, he really wants to, in which case, I say go for it). > > By my way of thinking, there is no moral weight upon us, as a > community, to deliver anything other than an historical experience to > future listeners -- to whom the episode will, perforce, be nothing but > history, anyway. > > -- > http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > [email protected] > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >
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