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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

So you browse archive.is?

I take it you trust archive.is?

The Internet Archive is okay, but they don't grab everything. I heard in the last year or two of something getting scrubbed there. I don't recall what and I don't recall the source, but I do recall that it'd be sad if true, however not surprising. I'd been there a dozen years ago. It's in the Presidio in San Francisco, a former military base. Nice folks work there, including a couple of good neighbours. Didn't meet the management.

Attacked? Like for pasting a link to a bad site? (ie. Facebook)

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

no, i dont browse, it. just put a page in there sometimes. i browse the internet.

i also remember somethings were scrubbed, but mostly thing are there.

no, i was attacked for posting unarchived links.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Really? By who? Was it /u/magnora7 or /u/d3rr ? There's something funny looking about their names...

I don't recall coming across this archival issue.

Is there a way that we (and by we I mean the admins) scrape and archive pages and maybe videos? I feel like I asked before but forgot. Or failing 100% control, install an auto-archive script that would ping the Archive.fo, Archive.is, and InternetArchive to archive that article, then embed a link in the post? Maybe there's an IPFS server somewhere - or maybe we can create a DIY_FreeNAS_IPFS sub for everyone to build their own decentra-server and make it happen ourselves. And if we archive SaidIt too, whether via RSS or weekly zips like WikiSpooks (but additive would be better than in its entirety), as well as the Git code, and there'd be less need for a Fediverse adoption. Centralized SaidIt (and admins) with decentralized backups that can be resurrected under new domains if necessary. Add a wiki and peertube and it'd be perfect.

I feel like a genius, but I suspect it may be too much caffeine hitting me hard and fast.

[–]useless_aether[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel like a genius, but I suspect it may be too much caffeine hitting me hard and fast.

:-)

s/downthememoryhole is a beginning of something like that.

i also think there is a lot of noise out there and its unnecessary to put excess weight on these archival services. and an in house solution is costly even at this scale we see saidit at today. now imagine reddit. its like mirroring the net. but im no expert

btw that attacking was on a diff site !

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Protocol Labs develops IPFS as well as Filecoin - intended to support the sustainability of IPFS servers. Holochain has the same idea - decentralize and support.

I don't know how to compete and expect income when it's all "free" in the cloud. Freedom ain't free.