Saving the City

摘要

In 1999, Yahoo bought GeoCities, then the world's third most popular Web site, for an estimated $2.87 billion. Ten years later, Yahoo quietly prepared to dismantle the site. When Internet archivist-cum-activist and self-described loudmouth Jason Scott found hints of the impending "push-button mass destruction" buried in a Yahoo FAQ page, he was outraged-and knew he had to save it.