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You should add a way to export all the URLs on the platform in a format that matches the URLTeam (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/URLTeam https://wiki.ar
by slang800 4y ago
You should add a way to export all the URLs on the platform in a format that matches the URLTeam (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/URLTeam https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/URLTeam) releases.
That way, when you shut down your service, we can figure out what some of these short links went to.
- lioeters 4y ago> when you shut down That's a reasonable assumption, since the service is not likely to be sustainable financially.
- klelatti 4y agoWhy shouldn't it be sustainable? Seems like the sort of service where a freemium AGPL open source model might work quite well.
- steventey 4y agoAgreed – the plan is to keep this running as long as possible, and the freemium AGPL model is a great way to get there in a sustainable pace! :)
- Nextgrid 4y agoHosting costs money regardless of whether the underlying codebase is open source, but why would anyone pay for a URL shortener? Maybe those things had a use a decade ago but I don't see a use for them nowadays and definitely not enough to pay for one.
- ransom1538 4y ago"but why would anyone pay for a URL shortener?" If you are sending automated sms, to around phone carrier blocking people use bit.ly etc. A new domain would take a lot of testing.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoAs part of url derive process, you could kick off a process to archive the redirect with the Internet Archive. When you turn the service down, no further action is required. It can die at anytime and no one is worse off.