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.
marysol5
Scraped from Pixit, which sells lost/found and evidence management systems.
spelk

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  • I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.
  • Go ahead and cut a notch out of my expertise card, but in all my years playing with UNIX, I’ve never used that directory.
  • very simple design... makes scrolling the page faster.
  • 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.
  • He's right up there with Neal Agarwal (neal.fun) and Nolen Royalty (eieio.games) for me. I recently got to interview Nolen on keeping the internet fun and creative for my blog: https://digitalseams.com/blog/nolen-royalty-on-making-things
  • 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...
  • >Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives

    Am I not understanding your question? It's one system - and either their archives are public on purpose, or their endpoints are simply unsecured.

  • It is scraped from Pixit. They sell lost/found, evidence + seized item management systems. [1] The listings are public; it was cool OP turned this into a mini art piece.

    [1] https://www.pixithq.com/

  • 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...