Post by clif on Sept 3, 2018 4:56:22 GMT -5
I don't really consider myself to be old ... I certainly don't feel old, and when I look around the monthly meeting of my stamp club or when I attend a stamp show or gathering, I'm generally one of the youngest in attendance. Nevertheless I AM retired, and am approaching what my kids consider a 'ripe old age'.
So I have concerns. I will only bring up one of them here this morning because its been on my mind lately ...
as I research different areas of my philatelic interests I find many many interesting blog posts, forum posts, websites, etc. Many of these are older sites, some dating back to the 1990's. So ... what's going to happen to all that great information that I've found? I write forum posts here (and elsewhere) that cite these websites and posts ... but will StampBears exist forever? And when Bear gets tired of maintaining (or simply no longer can) this site ... what will happen to all the terrific information that can be found here? Will it just disappear into internet oblivion?
I am not under the impression that what I write is in any way great literature, but I have put in some effort and time digging out facts and interesting tidbits about my hobby ... I would hate to see all of that simply disappear some day. Hmmm ... perhaps this is simply just morbid reflection upon my own mortality ... something we all do in varying degrees throughout our lives and even more so as we age.
What do you all think?
So I have concerns. I will only bring up one of them here this morning because its been on my mind lately ...
as I research different areas of my philatelic interests I find many many interesting blog posts, forum posts, websites, etc. Many of these are older sites, some dating back to the 1990's. So ... what's going to happen to all that great information that I've found? I write forum posts here (and elsewhere) that cite these websites and posts ... but will StampBears exist forever? And when Bear gets tired of maintaining (or simply no longer can) this site ... what will happen to all the terrific information that can be found here? Will it just disappear into internet oblivion?
I am not under the impression that what I write is in any way great literature, but I have put in some effort and time digging out facts and interesting tidbits about my hobby ... I would hate to see all of that simply disappear some day. Hmmm ... perhaps this is simply just morbid reflection upon my own mortality ... something we all do in varying degrees throughout our lives and even more so as we age.
What do you all think?
