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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 18:28:14 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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   • Rob Pike
   @robpike Meanwhile I think we get an steady fraction of dead links on average, but it's hard to make a proper sample without getting a bias.
   Like the vast majority of my bookmarks are simple websites where I could often bet on them staying online for 10 years starting the moment I bookmarked them.
   Same kind of thing operating for wikipedia references, although it would be a very interesting one.
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     Rob Pike (robpike@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 18:28:15 JST Rob Pike

     I wonder if there is data somewhere about the number of dead links. I would like to have data supporting my hunch that they represent a growing fraction of all the links out there. Sure feels that way, although I suspect with most web sites being dynamic, it's unquantifiable.

     Data is _not_ forever. May Shannon bless the the Internet Archive.