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bit_user The artilce said: This turn of events is ultimately a loss for everyone involved, as Archive Today is speedy, reliable, and has top-notch scraping quality. An archive has little use if its contents can't be 100% trusted, though. I'm with Wikipedia on this. If Archive Today can't be trusted to preserve the original contents of what it hosts, then it doesn't matter how fast they are or how good their scrapes are. I think the actions of AT seem incredibly juvenile and I certainly wouldn't trust them after this. I hope some of the contributors who helped make AT as good as it allegedly is (I haven't used it, personally) find their way over to archive.org. Reply
usertests Archive Today remains an invaluable resource with hundreds of millions of pages saved. Reply
bit_user usertests said: Archive Today remains an invaluable resource with hundreds of millions of pages saved. But, if you can't trust them not to be tampered with, when it really counts , then so what? Reply
usertests bit_user said: But, if you can't trust them not to be tampered with, when it really counts , then so what? So you'll have to save very important web pages with multiple services (there are four major third-party ones that you can use for free), and hope that some of them survive, aren't blocked from grabbing the content, and don't delete the result. Reply
bit_user usertests said: Redundancy is everything if it's the difference between media and information being lost and found. Okay, so let's say you find a page in Archive Today and archive.org, but they differ. Which one do you trust? And if you can't trust the one in AT, then what good is it? Or, what if it's only in AT? Now, your only copy is untrustworthy. Is that really better than not thinking you have an authentic snapshot? Reply
usertests bit_user said: Okay, so let's say you find a page in Archive Today and archive.org, but they differ. Which one do you trust? And if you can't trust the one in AT, then what good is it? What if it's only in AT? Now, your only copy is untrustworthy. Is that really better than not thinking you have an authentic snapshot? Yes, it is, depending on what your goal is. Maybe the information on the page is giving you a lead to find something somewhere else. Refer to lost media searches where people are combing through old website archives to find elusive screenshots and text. Temporary alterations to a single page don't spoil the hundreds of millions of other pages. The maintainer made a mistake, but I actually am going to trust that 99.999999% of pages on Archive Today are authentic. I'm more worried about it continuing to exist, as some content is only saved there, and we have limited options for archiving the web. All of which are under threat, including the giant Internet Archive. Reply
bit_user usertests said: Temporary alterations to a single page don't spoil the hundreds of millions of other pages. The maintainer made a mistake, but I actually am going to trust that 99.999999% of pages on Archive Today are authentic. Really? How do you know? A real archivist treats the integrity of the archive as sacrosanct. Once a willingness to cross that bridge has been demonstrated, it calls into question what other circumstances they'd be willing to alter archived pages. Furthermore, the using Archive Today's machines to launch a DDOS attack shows a degree of immaturity that forever spoils my trust. I'd never support a site where the resources I helped to support might be misused in such an egregious fashion. I also think transparency is important. If the owner of Archive Today is so concerned about being unmasked, it raises troubling questions about why. Reply
usertests bit_user said: Furthermore, the using Archive Today's machines to launch a DDOS attack shows a degree of immaturity that forever spoils my trust. I'd never support a site where the resources I helped to support might be misused in such an egregious fashion. You have never used or supported the site, so the status quo will continue. bit_user said: I also think transparency is important. If the owner of Archive Today is so concerned about being unmasked, it raises troubling questions about why. You use a pseudonym to argue about tech online. Someone who runs a large archive site probably faces death threats and legal issues related to the operation on a regular basis. Reply
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