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I wonder why doesn’t the Internet Archive require logging-in prior to accessing the Wayback Machine. It would probably help them distinguish humans from bots, a
by thimabi 17d ago
I wonder why doesn’t the Internet Archive require logging-in prior to accessing the Wayback Machine. It would probably help them distinguish humans from bots, at a very little cost to humans.
- extralongdivisi 17d agoGatekeeping information is not the solution
- hamandcheese 17d agoWhy not? If its the difference between the information being available at all, then I choose login any day of the week.
- extralongdivisi 17d ago> If its the difference between the information being available at all That's the point. The solution should avoid information not being available. Requiring login will incentivize bots to create spam accounts and move the battle to a new frontier, hurting real people in the process.
- TechSquidTV 17d agoThis really only inconveniences people, not bots.
- mitxela 17d agoDo you have a library card?
- extralongdivisi 17d agoI can walk into a library, pull a book from a shelf, sit down, and read it front to back. No library card needed. Only need one to take a book home. Completely different scenario. Edit:clarification
- hbn 16d agoOnly because there's no way for bots to exploit the system since it's in the physical world. If thousands of robots suddenly showed up at your local library and started hogging all the books so nobody else could use the library, you can be sure a library card would be required to even enter.
- extralongdivisi 16d agoYou clearly do not live in an area with a large homeless population. Many libraries are effectively under-resourced homeless shelters. Yet, no requirement to have a library card to get in. Information is still open to the public.
- mitxela 16d agoEven more libraries ban homeless people.
- extralongdivisi 15d ago1. I have never been to a library that has banned any class of people. Let alone specifically homeless people. 2. I don't know the laws of your jurisdiction, but banning a whole group of people from a public place would, by definition, not make it a public place. 3. The overwhelming majority of librarians view libraries as a service for everyone, including the homeless[0]. [0]: https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/aboutala/content/olos/toolkits/poorhomeless_FINAL.pdf https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/aboutala/content/olo...