Notes

Real-world examples of how infrastructure shapes identity, continuity, and meaning. See how these ideas apply to Groupies and other work.

• Delicious Shutdown and the Loss of Link Memory Infrastructure Failures
• GeoCities Shutdown and Lost History Infrastructure Failures
• Ghost Artists and Synthetic Identity Algorithmic Distortion
• Google Reader and the illusion of persistence Infrastructure Failures
• Infrastructure Creates Identity Algorithmic Distortion
• ISBN and Persistent Identity Infrastructure Creates Identity
• MySpace and the loss of digital history Infrastructure Failures
• Pavement and Algorithmic Identity Distortion Algorithmic Distortion
• Platform renames break continuity Identity Fragmentation
• When identity changes: Prince and the instability of names Identity Fragmentation
• UK Government and Link Rot Broken References
• Vine Shutdown and Lost Context Infrastructure Failures