Beating The Samson Option

1300-1600 words, 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 minutes. An Etching of Samson by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, from an 1882 German Bible. “He grasped two pillars of the temple and bowed himself with all his might” - Judges 16:30. Introduction This post is about online services which rely partly, or wholly, on user-contributed content. It’s about what happens to that content if those services close. I’ll examine the constraints and motivations of the parties involved. »