Two questions about blogging & the internet........

Miscer

Experimental Member
Joined
Feb 2, 2011
Posts
265
Media
0
Likes
18
Points
53
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
I'm no computer wizard, so help a guy out

1. Do web caches eventually get deleted? Specifically, if I post a blog entry (on blogger.com), and then later delete it, does the cache of the deleted post float in cyberspace forever?

2. On blogger.com, can your "followers" tell if you edit your post? i.e. do they get notified. I assume they can be notified when you make a new post, but are they notified when you edit an old post?


I suspect this is a long shot, but maybe someone will know the answers :cool:
 

Pendlum

Cherished Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Feb 24, 2008
Posts
2,138
Media
44
Likes
339
Points
403
Location
Washington, USA
Verification
View
Sexuality
80% Straight, 20% Gay
Gender
Male
They say once something is on the internet, it's on there forever. This more applies to images and videos really, since this are things people actually save and reupload places. How often do you save a blog page? Only if someone uses your blog in their own webpage or something and quotes it you will it really live on. So you always run the risk of it being out there after you delete the source.

The very definition of cache is that it is temporary. Sometimes things like google cache will log dead sites, but it all eventually goes dead and I wouldn't worry about that.

I don't know about your second question since I don't blog and don't know anything about that site.
 

Miscer

Experimental Member
Joined
Feb 2, 2011
Posts
265
Media
0
Likes
18
Points
53
Sexuality
100% Straight, 0% Gay
They say once something is on the internet, it's on there forever. This more applies to images and videos really, since this are things people actually save and reupload places. How often do you save a blog page? Only if someone uses your blog in their own webpage or something and quotes it you will it really live on. So you always run the risk of it being out there after you delete the source.

The very definition of cache is that it is temporary. Sometimes things like google cache will log dead sites, but it all eventually goes dead and I wouldn't worry about that.

Ah, ok, cool. Not entirely sure what you mean when you ask how often I save a blog page - I just started a blog today, and I'm just trying to ensure I don't put something up there I can't take back.

oh shit, my tits are on the Internet forever

Mine too.
 

Pendlum

Cherished Member
Verified
Gold
Joined
Feb 24, 2008
Posts
2,138
Media
44
Likes
339
Points
403
Location
Washington, USA
Verification
View
Sexuality
80% Straight, 20% Gay
Gender
Male
What I meant is when you read someone else's blog, how often do you save the text or webpage of said blog, so it has nothing to do with your own blog.

Then compare that to how often you save other things like images, videos, music, porn.

Chances are you'll always be able to take back the source, but you don't have much control on what others do with what you post.
 

Enid

Worshipped Member
Joined
Jul 3, 2008
Posts
7,326
Media
10
Likes
17,472
Points
393
Age
53
Location
Arlington, Texas, US
Sexuality
Unsure
Gender
Female
I'm no computer wizard, so help a guy out

1. Do web caches eventually get deleted? Specifically, if I post a blog entry (on blogger.com), and then later delete it, does the cache of the deleted post float in cyberspace forever?

2. On blogger.com, can your "followers" tell if you edit your post? i.e. do they get notified. I assume they can be notified when you make a new post, but are they notified when you edit an old post?


I suspect this is a long shot, but maybe someone will know the answers :cool:

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

check out the wayback machine.

i've found old web pages that way including blogs just to let you know.

The Wayback Machine is an historical archive of preserved web pages. Type in a URL and start surfing through time!

Most societies agree that it is important to preserve artifacts of their culture and heritage. Without such artifacts, civilization has no memory and no mechanism to learn from its successes and failures. Our culture now produces more and more artifacts in digital form. Internet Archive’s mission is to help preserve those artifacts and create an Internet library for researchers, historians, and scholars.

The archive of pages goes back to 1996. The original Wayback Machine interface was released in 2001 with about 10 billion pages.
 
Last edited: