Uploading content to social media, not for the explicit purpose of sharing or gathering an audience; but primarily for archival or storage. This gets around the typical intent and objective function of social media and encourages taking advantage of the many useful features built into these kinds of platforms that help collect and organize our files.
For example:
- “home videos” on youtube
- gaming highlights
- one-off videos to share with your friends
- miscellaneous screen recordings
- old school blogging
- uploading collections of hobby information / content
- the general intention and userflow of adding blocks on are.na
This approach, however, runs the risk of data loss caused by internet impermanence as platforms change, die, or get stingy. File-first platforms help avoid this.