The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nzodd on 2024-07-15 18:56:20.
In light of recent news regarding the imminent shutdown of downloads and DVD-R sales from Something Weird Video (https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1e0p9qo/something_weird_video_is_ending_downloads/), I have started building a (so far very) small collection. There's more material than I can possibly grab before Nov. 1. I am trying to find like-minded folks to help pool resources to preserve this legacy before it gets converted into low-bitrate streaming garbage (best case scenario) or is simply deleted en masse without further consideration (worst case scenario). A lot of this stuff is phenomenally rare, even the public domain content.
Does anybody have any tips regarding the coordination of a project of this scope? Is there another subreddit that might be more on-topic for such a project?