@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 20 hours agoThe Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breachwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1584arrow-down1external-linkThe Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breachwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 20 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80linkEnglish-2•2 hours agoYou misunderstood. If they view the site at Internet Archive, our site loses on the opportunity for ad revenue.
minus-square@DuamerthraxlinkEnglish4•2 hours agoI completely understood. No one is going to IA as their first stop. They’re only going there if they want to see a history change or if the original site is gone.
minus-square@7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80linkEnglish1•1 hour agoYes, some wikipedia editors are submitting the pages to archive.org and then linking to that instead of to the actual source. So when you go to the Wikipedia page it takes you straight to archive.org – that is their first stop.
You misunderstood. If they view the site at Internet Archive, our site loses on the opportunity for ad revenue.
I completely understood. No one is going to IA as their first stop. They’re only going there if they want to see a history change or if the original site is gone.
Yes, some wikipedia editors are submitting the pages to archive.org and then linking to that instead of to the actual source.
So when you go to the Wikipedia page it takes you straight to archive.org – that is their first stop.