Information preservation activities, sorted by effort
I’m having a gloomy day (lifelong depression plus lifelong pessimism plus sensitivity to injustice) so I’m making a reminder to myself of the little things I can do to feel less helpless. Low effort Clean up vandalism, spam, disinformation, and abuse on Wikipedia If I find an interesting article while doomscrolling, pause to add it to my bookmarks and ArchiveBox to read later when my mind is clearer Medium effort Pick up straightforward archiving and cataloguing tasks posted to the Safeguarding Research forum Add documentation on archiving methods on the forum or on this blog High effort Data archaeology – Excavating saved collections to compile user-friendly indexes