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Wayback Machine Is Down

benrapscallion 2y ago
“Temporarily Offline Internet Archive services are temporarily offline. Please check our Twitter feed for the latest information. We apologize for the inconvenience.”
- chrisandchris 2y ago
  I think it‘s a bit sad that we got to the point were a closed, private platform is used for official communication of many brands. I have Safari tracking blocking active and Firefox Klar, I can‘t even visit Twitter/X. Not that I have an account, but still…
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    It’s likely someone just needs to update the maintenance page to point to their Mastodon instance.
    - lrae 2y ago
      Their Mastodon is less active than Twitter. But both don't have an update on the downtime.
ALee1 2y ago
What choice do we have? I'm in the middle of an investigation. This changes everything. Please bring back Wayback Machine. Archive.org, come back improved, whole and free.
gaius_baltar 2y ago
It still down at the moment. Is there any details on the outage somewhere else?
ChrisArchitect 2y ago
7:29 PM UTC internetarchive: > Sorry, but a brief power outage in one of our datacenters, and then environmental factors kicking in.. means the @waybackmachine has been down and http://archive.org http://archive.org has been wobbling. We are working on it. Sorry. More as it happens in this thread.
beanguy7 2y ago
we dont have the wayback machine to go back to the wayback machine
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ALee1 2y ago
Wayback Machine is back! Thanks to Archive.org! I also want to thank the people who wrote here today. Please support Archive.org. It is true that the Wayback Machine is unique. I confess that I cried at the message on X.com about the legal dispute they are facing. I finished my doctoral studies thanks to Archive.org. Likewise, I now conduct postdoctoral research that requires the unique services that Archive.org offers and on which I depend to survive. Please, let's move the world in the direction of access to knowledge, let's support the initiatives of Archive.org.
tabulatouch 2y ago
It’s incredible that such a critical “service” to the Internet, like history books for humans, is not backed by all states and companies. Without Archive.org and WayBack machine we are at the mercy of disappearing servers, domains, intentional removals… that’s what is happening. It is like burning books. Supporting it is a must but i fear that will not be enough.
- ALee1 2y ago
  Yes, I agree. Your words motivate me, thank you. We have to do our best to win this legal issue, which belongs to all people. We cannot allow the burning of content at this point in human history. Archive.org is collecting signatures and letters of support here: https://change.org/LetReadersRead https://change.org/LetReadersRead
gpmcadam 2y ago
Interestingly, this HN post is currently 3rd on Google for the query "wayback machine".
p009 2y ago
That is a bad news !! I hope wayback machine back to work a again.

“Temporarily Offline Internet Archive services are temporarily offline. Please check our Twitter feed for the latest information. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

chrisandchris 2y ago
I think it‘s a bit sad that we got to the point were a closed, private platform is used for official communication of many brands. I have Safari tracking blocking active and Firefox Klar, I can‘t even visit Twitter/X. Not that I have an account, but still…
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  It’s likely someone just needs to update the maintenance page to point to their Mastodon instance.
  - lrae 2y ago
    Their Mastodon is less active than Twitter. But both don't have an update on the downtime.

ALee1 2y ago

What choice do we have? I'm in the middle of an investigation. This changes everything. Please bring back Wayback Machine. Archive.org, come back improved, whole and free.

gaius_baltar 2y ago

It still down at the moment. Is there any details on the outage somewhere else?

ChrisArchitect 2y ago

7:29 PM UTC internetarchive: > Sorry, but a brief power outage in one of our datacenters, and then environmental factors kicking in.. means the @waybackmachine has been down and http://archive.org http://archive.org has been wobbling. We are working on it. Sorry. More as it happens in this thread.

beanguy7 2y ago

we dont have the wayback machine to go back to the wayback machine

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ALee1 2y ago

Wayback Machine is back! Thanks to Archive.org! I also want to thank the people who wrote here today. Please support Archive.org. It is true that the Wayback Machine is unique. I confess that I cried at the message on X.com about the legal dispute they are facing. I finished my doctoral studies thanks to Archive.org. Likewise, I now conduct postdoctoral research that requires the unique services that Archive.org offers and on which I depend to survive. Please, let's move the world in the direction of access to knowledge, let's support the initiatives of Archive.org.

tabulatouch 2y ago

It’s incredible that such a critical “service” to the Internet, like history books for humans, is not backed by all states and companies. Without Archive.org and WayBack machine we are at the mercy of disappearing servers, domains, intentional removals… that’s what is happening. It is like burning books. Supporting it is a must but i fear that will not be enough.

ALee1 2y ago
Yes, I agree. Your words motivate me, thank you. We have to do our best to win this legal issue, which belongs to all people. We cannot allow the burning of content at this point in human history. Archive.org is collecting signatures and letters of support here: https://change.org/LetReadersRead https://change.org/LetReadersRead

gpmcadam 2y ago

Interestingly, this HN post is currently 3rd on Google for the query "wayback machine".

p009 2y ago

That is a bad news !! I hope wayback machine back to work a again.