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Off-topic, but what is the reason for the archive being linked in the comments so often? In this case, the article was published just a few days ago, and is sti

Off-topic, but what is the reason for the archive being linked in the comments so often? In this case, the article was published just a few days ago, and is still online. The site doesn't seem to be down, and it's a university blog that can probably handle heavy traffic. On the other side, directing a lot of traffic to the Internet Archive to use it as a caching proxy is going to be burdensome.

TotempaaltJ 8y ago
I've usually seen it used as a way to bypass paywalls. For this case I'm not sure though. I suppose smaller sites often go down under high traffic load.
LyndsySimon 8y ago
I've come across old HN posts in searches a few times, and the original article link was dead - the Archive link was live. I don't know if that's why it's done, but I appreciate it for that reason.
- NegativeLatency 8y ago
  It was because the server took a very long time to serve me the page. I figured it was being hugged to death.
heegemcgee 8y ago
Existing replies are great. Also: The wayback link will come from the wayback servers / CDN, providing an easy bypass if the original submission is on an underpowered platform (no cdn, running in someone's basement, geographically distant ISP, etc)
jonah-archive 8y ago
Please use us as a caching proxy (rather -- please use us to link to a specific version of online material)! We would love it if random CMSs used a publish event to trigger our save-page-now functionality to archive content as-shown: https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-something/ https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-somet... (Better yet -- maybe high-traffic sites like HN could trigger SPN on post events to grab a copy of the page as shown so if it goes offline people can continue to view & discuss?)
dang 8y ago
The site was down when the link was posted. You may want to calibrate your assessment of university blogs :)

TotempaaltJ 8y ago

I've usually seen it used as a way to bypass paywalls. For this case I'm not sure though. I suppose smaller sites often go down under high traffic load.

LyndsySimon 8y ago

I've come across old HN posts in searches a few times, and the original article link was dead - the Archive link was live. I don't know if that's why it's done, but I appreciate it for that reason.

NegativeLatency 8y ago
It was because the server took a very long time to serve me the page. I figured it was being hugged to death.

heegemcgee 8y ago

Existing replies are great. Also: The wayback link will come from the wayback servers / CDN, providing an easy bypass if the original submission is on an underpowered platform (no cdn, running in someone's basement, geographically distant ISP, etc)

jonah-archive 8y ago

Please use us as a caching proxy (rather -- please use us to link to a specific version of online material)! We would love it if random CMSs used a publish event to trigger our save-page-now functionality to archive content as-shown: https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-something/ https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-somet... (Better yet -- maybe high-traffic sites like HN could trigger SPN on post events to grab a copy of the page as shown so if it goes offline people can continue to view & discuss?)

dang 8y ago

The site was down when the link was posted. You may want to calibrate your assessment of university blogs :)