Digital Archaeology; or Digging Through Old Posts

[warlock]

Hi all!

I thought this might be a fun topic to share - I have a proclivity for searching for old pictures of people's desks/computers. Something about the hunt, the sites that the search will bring me to, and the excitement of finding a perfectly preserved thread/account is so fun. Sites like Flickr serve as great digital crypts where I can find pictures from 20 years ago that only have 100 views.

While the entropy of the internet is a constant, with so many sites going down and files/images/videos being lost in the process, there are a ton of websites that are still online and fully readable, either thanks to self hosting or relying on stable hosts.

This brings me to my question: do any of you spend time digging through old forums/sites/etc. on any sort of regular basis? While this could be for specific things (i.e. fixes for issues) I'm referring more to just reading through/looking at things that have no current, tangible value.

[boreal cryptid]

yep, i'm into it. not only other people, but also my own stuff, especially old diaries or notes. if someone has big blog with old posts, i'm interested.
sometimes i search old neocities websites to check them.
i like KnowYourMeme website, because it's a like a web-culture time machine! or reading old creepypastas. or watching old videos if i like the channel.
so yeah. i guess i feel you.