icerunner_origin@startrek.websitetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is the saying, "The internet's written in ink, not pencil" accurate?
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10 months agoIt depends, I think. If it’s a scurrilous, untrue rumour about your sexual habits, then it will be preserved indefinitely. If it’s some critical information, that is only published in one place, and you need to cite it for a paper, then it’s either gone or modified beyond recognition.
I hope you also have a t-shirt that says, ‘stop staring at my face, the citation is down here’