Re: [-empyre-] links

[helen varley jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

>But you have no control over what's on the other
>side of the link. They may change the content or
>the design, they may block access with passwords,
>they may disappear, you don't know.
>
>>They might disappear but that's OK, web links aren't stable
>>- I don't expect for them to necessarily work for more than
>>a few days.
>
>That may not be the expectation of someone visiting
>your site. In the case of a weblog, with posts clearly
>marked with a date, it may not matter much. But on an
>institutional page you create months ago, broken links
>may reflect badly on your work. Worse, what if that
>humanitarian website you mentioned on your favorites
>list is now showing Nazi messages? :-)
>

this discussion is about weblogs, not instituional sites. are weblogs there
to meet the expectations of those who read/visit them? i don't think so. &
i don't regard "control" over the content of a link as important - if at
some point you discover it's broken or no longer appropriate, then you stop
linking.
h : )

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