How Websites Die

Re:How Websites Die by listenallyall on Thursday June 30, 2022 @04:27AM (#31929991)

But they are the fault of the creator -- first, by including content entirely reliant on the whims and generosity of 3rd parties wholly outside the author's control. And secondly, using the content and not doing the minimum needed to maintain it. Would you also say it is "no fault of the creator" if s/he did not renew the domain registration?

It's a bit like mowing your lawn once and assuming you're entitled to a perfectly manicured lawn forever.

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Re:How Websites Die by fleddr on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:10AM (#31932542)

That is a perspective with zero empathy.

These people are amateurs with near-zero resources generously sharing their content with the world. They may have all kinds of reasons for being unable or unwilling to continuously update their site.

The bigger point is that when you create a website according to web standards, it should keep working indefinitely. As for 3rd party integrations, especially when they're enormous (Google, Facebook) they should do the maximum possible to not break anything. The very point of an API is that it's a contract.

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Re:How Websites Die by eloisius on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:50AM (#31930801)

Some of my favorite websites about cycling were created by now deceased webmasters. Luckily they are mirrored, but I’m very thankful that they used regular old HTML and images and aren’t rotting after a mere 11 years.

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