Digital platforms lack the kind of stability that is vital for the longevity of culture, the way you might see a photographer’s decades-old film negatives displayed in a museum. Context is swept away as the companies change priorities. “Not only are things changing in the moment, but because all of this is digital, it could be changed retroactively, because we don’t own the thing. We have no control over how it’s presented or used at all,” Janelle said.
