Discussing the "bit rot" of social media archives. If this file exists only on a cloud server, does it truly exist once the subscription expires?
Below is a conceptual outline and introductory abstract for a paper that treats this specific file string as a "digital artifact." 1656184051197mp4
What can bitrates, resolutions, and codec signatures tell us about the socio-economic status of the device that birthed the file? Discussing the "bit rot" of social media archives