{"id":22427,"date":"2018-08-10T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=22427"},"modified":"2018-08-10T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:12:38","slug":"shutting-down-the-berkman-center-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/10\/shutting-down-the-berkman-center-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutting Down the Berkman Center Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/blog\/2018\/07\/13\/upcoming-changes\/\">Harvard<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/blog\/2018\/07\/13\/upcoming-changes\/\">\n<p>In 2003, the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society (now the <a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.harvard.edu\/\">Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society<\/a>) began an unusual experiment: we launched a blogging platform. That seems quaint today in the age of ubiquitous access to services that facilitate the sharing of user-generated content. But it was an uncommon achievement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Our platform no longer offers a unique opportunity for online engagement. And it is technically antiquated when compared with contemporary, streamlined platforms that offer more advanced tools for social interactions.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>At this point, for all of the reasons set out above, we feel that the time for hosting content from non-Harvard-affiliated bloggers on Harvard servers has passed. We are giving non-Harvard users with active blogs the opportunity to export existing content over the coming weeks. Those users will then be transitioned off the platform.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davewiner\/status\/1027820744196202496\">Dave Winer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davewiner\/status\/1027820744196202496\">\n<p>I heard about this just now. Harvard&rsquo;s was the first academic blog hosting service in the world. Apparently they&rsquo;re going to take the archive offline. There&rsquo;s a lot of value and history there. Please let&rsquo;s discuss before throwing it away.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing out this archive is like throwing out an academic journal. Why would a university do that? One of the reasons we did this work at a university was the hope\/expectation it would survive over time. Only 15 years later, they want to throw it away?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard: In 2003, the Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society (now the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society) began an unusual experiment: we launched a blogging platform. That seems quaint today in the age of ubiquitous access to services that facilitate the sharing of user-generated content. 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