Discussion summary
The discussion revolves around a project that scrapes public lost and found data from various organizations, highlighting its origins and the nature of the data.
What the discussion says
- Some see it as a creative art project using public data.
- Others question the source and privacy aspects of the scraped data.
- The data is collected from systems like Pixit used by many organizations.
“Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items.”
“Scraped from Pixit, which sells lost/found and evidence management systems.”
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- I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.by jmclnx
- very simple design... makes scrolling the page faster.by zyralab
- Walzr's stuff is a fun portal into an earlier era of lighthearted fun internet projects. Keep it up buddy. Bop Spotter is probably still my favorite.
- Something is wrong with this websites scroll. Perhaps due to pictures loading. It feels that you scroll but see the same pictures.by rvba
- scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...
- Picture of a lost iPhone, with a message to call the owner at a phone number. Guess taking pictures was in the job description, and returning lost property wasn't.by axus
- >When something turns up at a stadium or an airport, staff photograph it, log it, and wait. Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives: thousands of accidental portraits of lost stuff.
Where? What Software? What Archive?
So many photos of peoples lock screens with clearly visible faces...
by marysol5