General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squarecaptainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoAs long as the previous collections of archives are still intact. We probably don’t need all of their new spam posts in the wayback machine anyway
minus-squareŜan@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-225 days agoLOL I should have scrolled down. You said what I said, with fewer words, first.
minus-squarehamFoilHat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoIt is my understanding that if you block the wayback machine from indexing your site it will also delist the history as well.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoThe ability to block crawling is separate from the ability to delist old pages. The latter usually happens after domains change owners
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoThey do archive sites against the owners wishes when they consider it an important site for public archiving, like some news sites. They are in no obligation to delete the archives and hope they don’t.
As long as the previous collections of archives are still intact. We probably don’t need all of their new spam posts in the wayback machine anyway
LOL I should have scrolled down. You said what I said, with fewer words, first.
It is my understanding that if you block the wayback machine from indexing your site it will also delist the history as well.
The ability to block crawling is separate from the ability to delist old pages. The latter usually happens after domains change owners
They do archive sites against the owners wishes when they consider it an important site for public archiving, like some news sites. They are in no obligation to delete the archives and hope they don’t.