Jason Scott

Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13, 1970), more commonly known as Jason Scott, is an American archivist and historian of technology.

Quotes

 * [Yahoo!] found the way to destroy the most massive amount of history in the shortest amount of time with absolutely no recourse.
 * Internet Atrocity! GeoCities' Demise Erases Web History


 * So you can be a historian and also be an asshole.
 * ARCHIVE TEAM: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attack


 * “Google is a library or archive like a supermarket is a food museum.”
 * Variation: Treating Google like an Archive is like treating a supermarket like a Food Museum.


 * "Neutral Point of View is a doctrine about how Wikipedia articles should be written. Like wikipedia itself, it is a great idea in theory. In application, of course, it turns into yet another hammer for wonks and whackjobs to beat each other and innocent bystanders."

Quotes about Jason Scott

 * Jason Scott is an arrogant, self-impressed idiot who thinks he's god's gift to techies because he remembers "the golden days" of BBS's.
 * A 2006 comment on Slashdot by a user named Superbanana, which Jason Scott appropriated for use in the banner of his textfiles site. The original post was in.