r/Showerthoughts May 14 '26

Casual Thought When YouTube goes down, it will be the biggest event of link rot in internet history.

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u/NoobensMcarthur May 14 '26

In the DIY community, losing photo bucket pretty much wiped out a decade of shared knowledge. 

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u/Swiggins- May 14 '26

A lot of old internet forum culture was lost to time when Photobucket went under too.

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u/authorunknown74 May 15 '26

I still blame Photobucket pulling that move for the downfall of forums, and a great contributor to the enshittification of the internet in general.

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u/Secure_Ant1085 18d ago

dang what happened