There is a trove of flash animation that is completely lost to history

gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 281 points –

From Homestar Runner to Salad fingers to badgers, stick figure battles, and the End of Ze World, this — dare I call it an artform? — was a cultural touchstone for a generation.

Flash made vector animation available to the masses, and internet distribution of the relatively small video files was a piece of cake. With the filetype now essentially deprecated, the creators gone on to bigger and better things, the distribution sites shut down, it is a dead form. Most of it will be lost forever, although there may be someone archiving some of it for posterity.

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What content was released on beta that wasn't released on vhs or later on DVD or something else?

I don't think it's comparable at all.

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