Open Data initiatives generally build upon the premise of immutability.

Data Sets can be alive, i.e. new data can be streamed into them, but they won't be purged, shortened or slimmed down.

You can expect more historical data to be opened as the digitization and organization continues, and don't expect this data to be randomly being removed from archives.

Even going one step further, if this data sets are refined and formatted, they are versioned, so you can always see the previous versions (e.g.: https://www.zenodo.org).

If you're starting to remove any data set from a data pool w/o any explanation and announcement, this means there's a new "Department of Truth" in the works, 99% of the time.

I once read that occasionally a new Pharoah would make a point of smashing all prior evidence of a prior ruler(s). Obelisks, murals, etc.

I'm not sure if it's nefarious or not, but I would have to lean on the side of "If the goverment is quietly removing information then probably it's not for the benefit of the public.

Also from their own site at data.gov

> The United States Government’s open data site is designed to unleash the power of government open data to inform decisions by the public and policymakers, drive innovation and economic activity, achieve agency missions, and strengthen the foundation of an open and transparent government.

The part " to inform decisions by the public and policymakers" in particular stands out.

Anyway data sets is not exactly expensive to keep hosted for a government body so there's not really any excuse to scrub them unless they're polluted in some way ?

Even if it's polluted, you can mark it as is, with reasoning and keep it up, so you can learn what dirty/bad data is, and build quality detectors with the information contained in/with the "dirty" or "low quality" data set.

agreed, this is very likely just incompetence or bureaucracy at play, i doubt anyone in tr*mp's administration cares about the data being removed

"it's not a nazi salute, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not building a camp in Guantanamo, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not getting rid of gov workers en mass, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to blanket pardon January 6th rioters, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to deport international students who protested against Israel, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not going to deregulate industries and set us back decades in term of ecological progress, don't be ridiculous"

"they're not scrubbing open gov data, don't be ridiculous" < you are here

Indeed, it would be a shame to jump to conclusions, we have 0 hints of what's happening

> < you are here

Your guesses about me are hilariously wrong.

Ex: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850668 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850761, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42816654

So trim those excessive confidence levels, and consider what you might change to improve your process.

Perhaps the marker indicating where you are is supposed to work it's way up the list? I don't think what you've said here - in this thread - has been unreasonable.

That comment also seems very reasonable to me and probably doesn't deserve the response it got.

The other one does make sense to me though (but would be better in a different context) and echoes my own personal frustration with the "don't be ridiculous" dismissal of concern for things going on in the face of a blatant pattern (which perhaps you don't agree is a pattern with your implication that the higher things in that list haven't been dismissed as ridiculous then immediately happened).

"it's not a nazi salute, don't be ridiculous"

It's crazy that this is what's focused on, but an entire administration of authoritarian control, corruption, and a final pardoning of the President's criminal family is completely ignored.

Whether in bad taste, a mistake, or a result of autism, it really doesn't matter.

"they're not getting rid of gov workers en mass, don't be ridiculous"

This was always the plan.

"they're not going to blanket pardon January 6th rioters, don't be ridiculous"

Some people that basically walked into the capitol without any weapons or being violent were imprisoned and not even given as much as a trial for 4 years. Don't you think they've done enough time? Or are you completely politically motivated?

"they're not going to deregulate industries and set us back decades in term of ecological progress, don't be ridiculous"

Biden should have de-regulated immediately after coming into office (a temporary measure), but he basically did nothing and completely fucked our economy.

"they're not scrubbing open gov data, don't be ridiculous"

Is this any different than any other administration or are you jumping to conclusions because Trump bad?

"they're not rounding up Jews and gassing them en masse, don't be ridiculous" < a lot of people during Adolf Hitler's regime