I know it’s not popular and I’m typically against it but I was listening to a podcast and it made me think there are absolutely important communities that shouldn’t be on a centralised platform like Reddit. The contents of them are so important that it should be on the Open Social Web. I’m wondering if there is someone or a community that mirrors subreddits as I would love for the contents of these communities to be preserved. Such as Preservation
Subreddit Description r/Archivists News for Archivists in the 21st Century r/GamePreservationists Preserve games r/FilmPreservationists Preserve films r/FilmPreservation for Moving Image Archiving and Preservation r/ComicPreservationists Preserve comics r/MusicPreservationists Preserve music r/datahoarder r/Archiveteam We Are Going to Rescue Your Shit ! r/MediaArchival
Internet Media
Subreddit Description r/lostyoutubevideos r/lostyoutube r/lostyoutubers r/internetarchive r/InternetMysteries r/forgottenwebsites r/oldinternet r/drownedmods r/deletedvideos Inform the people. Reduce censorship.
Literature
Subreddit Description r/lostcomics Lost comics r/lostbooks Lost books
Games
Subreddit Description r/lostgame N/A r/lostgames Lost games
Movies and Television
Subreddit Description r/Lost_Films Lost films, Lost Television, Lost media r/lost_film Lost film r/LostTVshows Lost tv shows
Commercials and ads
Subreddit Description r/LostAdsFoundation Lost ads r/LostCommercials Lost commercials
Mystery Based Subreddits
Subreddit Description r/UnresolvedMysteries Unresolved Mysteries r/nonmurdermysteries Non-Murder Mysteries r/InternetMysteries A Hub for the Internet’s Dark Side r/mystery Myserty r/MysteryMedia A place to discuss podcasts, YouTube, blogs, books, and videos devoted to mysteries and true crime! r/mysterysearch Mystery Search r/SillyMysteries Silly Mysteries r/sleuths solving problems since 2012 r/rbi Reddit Bureau of Investigation r/UnexplainedPhotos Unidentified and the Unexplaine
One area that I’m familiar with, lost films and film preservation, is not done by Redditors. I’ve met some of this country’s top archivists and even toured one of the country’s biggest vaults. This is work done by a handful of highly trained professionals. Many can do half assed jobs, but doing it right requires serious training in film history, archival techniques, and other topics in art.
Basically, Reddit contributes nothing to film preservation.