Stories, Pictures Lost Forever


	Stories, Pictures Lost Forever

neochonetes

1-24-2008 2:59 PM

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pictures, stories, interoperability, data backup, phishing flickr blog steve portidal, all this chittah chattah

neochonetes says:

This is a very real problem that will only escalate, as we use more and more web applications.

For instance, I don't know how to save my data from ClipMarks. If an account is canceled, do all my links and Clips to blogs die. These are important issues to discuss.

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1-26-2008 5:33 PM

sitegeist

I strongly agree with you, this are very important issues. I always back up my work, but as for clipmarks or delicious, what will happen if my account gets deleted?
We should contact the admins of the apps and ask them about our data.

1-29-2008 9:53 PM

neochonetes

Good idea!

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