“The internet is forever” was always a meme or perhaps even a psyops to not archive things yourself.

They have wiped so much forums and obscure or simply “old” websites already, it’s depressing how much information has been lost.

— Chris de Jong (@chrisJcsgo) April 5, 2025

Every single one of the forums I used on the early internet are all gone. No trace. There was some cool stuff on those that should’ve been saved. All of it should have been, really.

And the BBSes I dialed into in the mid-1980s aren’t even on the lists that claim to be “Every BBS Ever,” much less archived. All lost now.