by flagamuffin

Saw this on r/futurology. From the comments:

For all its ills, social media really is kind of a miracle of anthropology. The things we seem to feel the most uncomfortable about, i.e. posts like "running to the bathroom lol brb!", would be a freaking boon if we discovered them in, say, diary form from someone in the 1700's. The documenting of everyday behavior, when set up against more robust historical events, will probably ensure that ours is the most completely understood generation (thus far) by the future.

How do you guys think this is going to play out? Will Facebook archives to the distant past be saved, will they be publicly accessible, etc. Every US President from the year 2030 onward has a Facebook right now, etc. No more guesswork for historians writing biographies. No more of historical sources being limited in scope to those with money or influence. No more -- I'm sure there are hundreds of things; I've only just started thinking about this. I could see this being a really interesting discussion.