Archiving Social Networking
Archiving Social Networking Is 20/20 Vision Really Clearer in Hindsight? Over the last few class periods, it is apparent that the power of social media is far reaching, and though weve been raised, even grown with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, I do not think we realize the power of social media. In researching what is archived on these sites, I came across this article called "The Inevitability of Archiving Social Networking Data." At first I was almost offended at the title of the article. It makes me nervous to know that there is a plethora of personal information about all of us on the web, and with the power of the search engine continuing to grow, searching for individuals has become easier and easier. I did not think that I would agree with social network archiving, but after reading the authors perspective, Nathaniel Borenstein, I feel somewhat on the fence as to what researchers should be able to archive. Flashback to 1985, Borenstein is a member of a team at Carn...