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date: 2024-02-17T10:08:22+00:00
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# On February 17, 2024 at 12:08

“Nearly the entirety of every Mastodon server, every post, every reply, is ephemeral. When a Mastodon server shuts down, all its posts disappear from the surface of the web, forever.” — that’s why [\#POSSE](https://mastodon.social/tags/POSSE) is so great! <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/2024/046/t1/the-ephemeral-web>