[users] Question: link rot, how are you going about it?

[raingloom]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:09:18 +0100
"ew.gemini" <ew.gemini@nassur.net> wrote:

> Esteemed Geminauts,
> 
> I have written about the link rot I encountered, here:
> => gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2021/20211128-link-rot.gmi  
> I have seen Alex' repsonse
> => gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-11-28.gmi  
> I checked geminispace.info, too.
> But I'm sure, I've missed some.
> 
> I have written followups
> => gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2021/20211211-flightlog-10.gmi
> => gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2021/20211215-flightlog-11.gmi  
> 
> and I have started to make local copies of posts I find useful
> => gemini://ew.srht.site/library/index.gmi  
> 
> But this is only my little attempt to feel better at stuff I
> care about.
> 
> I found this as another possible solution:
> => gemini://text.eapl.mx/introducing-antennazine  
> 
> 
> So questions to all:
> 1. Have you encountered link rot in gemini space?
> 
> 2. Did you try to find the "lost" content by some search? If so,
> how?
> 
> 3. Die you try to deal with it by some means (local caching or
> whatever)? Would you mind to describe?
> 
> 
> I'm wondering, if there are /better/ solutions than just
> archiving other peoples capsules routinely ... and of course,
> then there is this plaque called "the net does not forget".
> Which is good (finding old Gems lately?) and bad (never getting
> rid of something stupid one did or said ... ). So the library
> approach might be a bit better, because it is selective and
> holds copies of single posts/documents only.
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> and a Happy New Year, for those who adhere to the Gregorian
> Calender :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> ~ew
> 

There is Solderpunk's concept of using git for P2P distribution.

But yeah, there is no way to have globally unique names that are 
meaningful to humans. Zooko's triangle is alive and well.
Petnames might fix that though.

This problem is not at all unique to Gemini and there are already many
ideas for how to solve it. I hope no Gemini users are developing NIH
syndrome and trying to build a half baked solution that is
Gemini-specific.