Definition
The founding document of the Archaeobytology movement, articulating the moral and practical commitments of
the discipline. It rejects the inevitability of "Platform Murder" and asserts that users have a duty to
preserve the digital commons.
We Believe
- Digital culture is worth preserving. Every GeoCities page and forum post is an
artifact of human creativity.
- Users deserve sovereignty. You should own your identity, connections, and ground.
- Surveillance capitalism is illegitimate. Monetizing behavior through tracking is a
fundamental violation of dignity.
We Commit To
- Archive what platforms murder. We scrape dying sites not as pirates, but as
custodians.
- Build alternatives. We do not just critique; we forge sovereign tools.
- Teach sovereignty. We raise a generation that demands ownership.
Field Notes
The Final Declaration: "Archaeobytology isn't just a discipline—it's a movement. We are
scholars and smiths, archivists and advocates, mourners and builders. We study the dead to prevent
future murders. We preserve the past to forge the future. We are the Third Way."