Dum, dum, dum. Dum-dum dum dedum

Another one bites the dust:

Dear Michel,

We’re writing to let you know what we are shutting down the 1000memories.com website.

During the next month, you can export your photos to Ancestry.com by visiting 1000memories.com/export or you can download your photos a ZIP file here. After September 15th, all photos will be deleted permanently.

We regret that this decision will adversely affect many people, but we are excited to continue serving many of you at Ancestry.com. Since being acquired last fall, we’ve launched a beautiful way to tell your ancestors’ life stories as well as a new and improved version of our Shoebox mobile app. We will now be working toward a new photo-sharing experience on Ancestry.com.

We can’t thank you enough for your support and input over the last several years. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at contact@1000memories.com.

Sincerely,

The 1000memories.com team

…en hoeveel mensen zijn er ondertussen overleden of veranderd van e-mailadres? Hoeveel gegevens gaan reddeloos verloren, down the memory hole?

Binnenkort (op den duur, misschien niet dit jaar maar zeker tussen dit en vijf à tien jaar) zal Tumblr verdwijnen, en Flickr, en WordPress, en Facebook, en uiteraard ook de over-overgrote meerderheid van de weblogs ter wereld. Ik loop daar lastig van. 

Ironisch genoeg werd vandaag trouwens Er is een deadline op de Nederlands(talig)e Wikipedia genomineerd voor verwijdering.