Some people delete their posts automatically after a few weeks or so but I sometimes look up my old posts so I can remember how I phrased things because my memory ... um ... something ...
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@pre I don't think my memory's too bad but I've noticed how I rely on the internet to remember things (or spell words correctly).
I suppose the instant-ness of the internet makes us a bit lazy when bothering to remember things. Or it's the overload of information, much of it not strictly important to oneself. I'm often retelling information but not remembering where I saw it, whether it was on TV or internet or in a book.
@lydiaconwell The scary thing is that I have no way really of knowing if it's getting better or worse. I think it's always been bad, but I can't remember how bad it was last decade or the one before.