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Twitter blog posts from 2019-2024 appear to be missing from Internet Archive

34 points by ryzvonusef 2y ago

readyplayernull 2y ago
How would that affect the ongoing legal demands against X and Musk?
ryzvonusef 2y ago
> See for yourself: https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twitter.com ----- https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847908304153870726 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847908304153870726 Elon Musk: > Strange. Well, we can provide them again if needed.
- ttyprintk 2y ago
  It’ll be fascinating if we can diff.
- ryzvonusef 2y ago
  It's the twitter (the company)'s blog, not twitter posts by users, so nothing spicy per se, but still concerning that it's missing after the hack. The blog is now at blog.x.com now, so decided to link both, so you can see if there is any difference. https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twitter.com https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twi... https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.x.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.x.c...
  - duskwuff 2y ago
    > but still concerning that it's missing after the hack. What makes you think there's any connection?
    - ryzvonusef 2y ago
      I have no proof of course, but the timing does give rise to valid reason for concern. I don't give a fig about some company blog, but regardless, in an era where the internet is starting to forget, any situation like this causes hearts to sink.
      - duskwuff 2y ago
        > I have no proof of course, but the timing does give rise to valid reason for concern. What timing? The stretch of missing data ends in late 2023.
        ryzvonusef 2y ago
        Oh I don't mean timing in a political or elon-purchase sense. I meant if the data is missing because of the hack. It's entirely possible internet archive never indexed the blog from 2019-2023...so there was no data to lose. But I find that hard to believe. Seems random. They scanned before and after but not during this time for some reason? I really really hope the hack wasn't reason for the data to be missing, because that can give reason to fear that other obscure data might be missing too.
      - nicolas_17 2y ago
        Was it there before the hack?
        ryzvonusef 2y ago
        good point! It's entirely possible internet archive never indexed the blog from 2019-2023...so there was no data to lose. But I find that hard to believe. Seems random. They scanned before and after but not during this time for some reason? I really really hope the hack wasn't reason for the data to be missing, because that can give reason to fear that other obscure data might be missing too. Things more important to us than a company blog.
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DemocracyFTW2 2y ago
Again, observe the missing data only concerns https://blog.twitter.com https://blog.twitter.com not https://twitter.com https://twitter.com

34 points by ryzvonusef 2y ago

How would that affect the ongoing legal demands against X and Musk?

> See for yourself: https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twitter.com ----- https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847908304153870726 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1847908304153870726 Elon Musk: > Strange. Well, we can provide them again if needed.

ttyprintk 2y ago
It’ll be fascinating if we can diff.
ryzvonusef 2y ago
It's the twitter (the company)'s blog, not twitter posts by users, so nothing spicy per se, but still concerning that it's missing after the hack. The blog is now at blog.x.com now, so decided to link both, so you can see if there is any difference. https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twitter.com https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.twi... https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.x.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://blog.x.c...
- duskwuff 2y ago
  > but still concerning that it's missing after the hack. What makes you think there's any connection?
  - ryzvonusef 2y ago
    I have no proof of course, but the timing does give rise to valid reason for concern. I don't give a fig about some company blog, but regardless, in an era where the internet is starting to forget, any situation like this causes hearts to sink.
    - duskwuff 2y ago
      > I have no proof of course, but the timing does give rise to valid reason for concern. What timing? The stretch of missing data ends in late 2023.
      - ryzvonusef 2y ago
        Oh I don't mean timing in a political or elon-purchase sense. I meant if the data is missing because of the hack. It's entirely possible internet archive never indexed the blog from 2019-2023...so there was no data to lose. But I find that hard to believe. Seems random. They scanned before and after but not during this time for some reason? I really really hope the hack wasn't reason for the data to be missing, because that can give reason to fear that other obscure data might be missing too.
    - nicolas_17 2y ago
      Was it there before the hack?
      - ryzvonusef 2y ago
        good point! It's entirely possible internet archive never indexed the blog from 2019-2023...so there was no data to lose. But I find that hard to believe. Seems random. They scanned before and after but not during this time for some reason? I really really hope the hack wasn't reason for the data to be missing, because that can give reason to fear that other obscure data might be missing too. Things more important to us than a company blog.

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DemocracyFTW2 2y ago

Again, observe the missing data only concerns https://blog.twitter.com https://blog.twitter.com not https://twitter.com https://twitter.com