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What do Palestine, Russia, and the U.S. have to do with the Internet Archive? The Internet Archive is a supremely boring target politically.

small_scombrus 2y ago
That's the point they're making. It's such a seeming non-sequitur that people are suspicious and coming up with fun theories.
shiroiushi 2y ago
He's pointing out that it doesn't make any sense: why would someone pro-Russian and anti-US care about violating western IP? In reality, it's the opposite: Russia is happy to help with that because they think it helps weaken the west.
whywhywhywhy 2y ago
> The Internet Archive is a supremely boring target politically. I mean it's where we go to prove a politician said something after they deleted it or where a government changes the wording of something... I'd argue it's one of the juicer political targets if you're actually wanting to do something.
71bw 2y ago
>supremely boring target politically. Oh how wrong you are. There is nothing boring in a target that can be used to validate others' lies and potential hypocrisy, changes in their policies etc. The wayback machine itself serves as a truly priceless way to go back through someone's public life.
elihu 2y ago
It seems plausible to me that someone is just trying to exacerbate political/social conflict. Russia has been known to do such things, and they often take multiple sides just to sow chaos. Self-identifying as Palestinian activists would be an effective way to get more people mad that otherwise wouldn't care. This is also right before a major U.S. election, and that might not be a coincidence. Someone might be trying to get Trump elected by drawing attention to the Israel-Gaza conflict, a topic that isn't exactly a winning issue for Harris. That's just one possibility of many though. I mean, might just be regular assholes that happen to also be pro-Palestinian. Or pro-Hamas, which isn't necessarily the same thing.

small_scombrus 2y ago

That's the point they're making. It's such a seeming non-sequitur that people are suspicious and coming up with fun theories.

shiroiushi 2y ago

He's pointing out that it doesn't make any sense: why would someone pro-Russian and anti-US care about violating western IP? In reality, it's the opposite: Russia is happy to help with that because they think it helps weaken the west.

whywhywhywhy 2y ago

> The Internet Archive is a supremely boring target politically. I mean it's where we go to prove a politician said something after they deleted it or where a government changes the wording of something... I'd argue it's one of the juicer political targets if you're actually wanting to do something.

71bw 2y ago

>supremely boring target politically. Oh how wrong you are. There is nothing boring in a target that can be used to validate others' lies and potential hypocrisy, changes in their policies etc. The wayback machine itself serves as a truly priceless way to go back through someone's public life.

elihu 2y ago

It seems plausible to me that someone is just trying to exacerbate political/social conflict. Russia has been known to do such things, and they often take multiple sides just to sow chaos. Self-identifying as Palestinian activists would be an effective way to get more people mad that otherwise wouldn't care. This is also right before a major U.S. election, and that might not be a coincidence. Someone might be trying to get Trump elected by drawing attention to the Israel-Gaza conflict, a topic that isn't exactly a winning issue for Harris. That's just one possibility of many though. I mean, might just be regular assholes that happen to also be pro-Palestinian. Or pro-Hamas, which isn't necessarily the same thing.