X is volatile.
One minute it’s there, the next—poof. ‘This Tweet has been deleted.’
Usually because someone got ratioed or the platform decided a joke was ‘too spicy.’
If you bookmarked it? You have a link to nowhere. A ghost.
Bookmarks are not backups. They are pointers. And if the target is gone, the pointer is useless.
I lost a genuine piece of internet history last month because I trusted the bookmark button. Never again.
If it’s worth thinking about, it’s worth downloading.
I’m talking raw MP4 files on a local drive. Physical(ish) ownership.
I use a web downloader for this. Paste. Télécharger. Done.
Because even if the account gets nuked, I still have the bytes.
The internet is an Etch A Sketch. Someone is always shaking it.
Grab what you need before it disappears into the 404 abyss.
Stay skeptical. Save local.
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