JPFeb 21, 2023
just stumbled across an old "link shortening service" link that just 404s ( http://tr.im ) and lol, those shitty things are going to obliterate so much internet history in due time aren't they
jbpykeFeb 22, 2023
Show threadJP
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
"Wayback Machine has not archived that URL."
Nothing beside remains.
Feb 21, 2023 at 11:41pmWeb
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 21, 2023
@jplebreton In my experience the Wayback Machine has good coverage of link shorteners but yeah it's a long-time known issue. They spun off a non-profit foundation to try to get link shorteners to share their databases in escrow so they don't have to rely on scraping for coverage, but a bunch of the major companies don't share theirs.
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 22, 2023
@jplebreton Also, this is fun to watch: https://tracker.archiveteam.org:1338/
URLTeam Tracker

Show threadCSDUMMI✝️🕊️🏛️Feb 22, 2023
@pervognsen @jplebreton what is that non-profit called?
Show threadAvi Rappoport (avirr)Feb 22, 2023
@csddumi @pervognsen @jplebreton The Internet Archive : http://archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Show threadCSDUMMI✝️🕊️🏛️Feb 22, 2023

@avirr @pervognsen @jplebreton

I know them. I mean this spin-off foundation.

Show threadPer VognsenFeb 22, 2023
@csddumi @jplebreton https://venturebeat.com/business/301works-teams-up-with-internet-archive-to-preserve-shortened-links/
301Works teams up with Internet Archive to preserve shortened links

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The Internet Archive and 301Works, a consortium of more than 20 URL shortening services, are partnering to preserve the millions of condensed links shared every day on Twitter and other streaming services. 301Works’ members are donating their URL mappings and sending regular back-ups […]

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Show threadBen Haylock Feb 22, 2023
@jplebreton This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.
Show threadJoël FranušićFeb 22, 2023
@jplebreton CC @brewsterkahle
Show threadChris BoeseFeb 22, 2023
@jplebreton @BernieDoesIt The lone and level sands stretch far away
Show threadBasilFeb 22, 2023
@jplebreton except, of course, the page selling the domain for $200,000. 🙄
Show threadmhoyeFeb 22, 2023

@basil @jplebreton The ones that could simply be seized by governments are the my personal favorites.

Every dot-L-Y redirect is the Libyan government's for the asking.

There's no way this has any grounding in fact, but one of my personal favourite conspiracy theories is that the Arab Spring was engineered to destabilize the Libyan state enough to prevent them from realizing they could interdict enough of the web to catastrophically undermine western economies.

Show thread@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyFeb 22, 2023

@jplebreton

Hmm, reminds me of myspace Db's being also lost. Ugh.

Show threadCallistoFeb 22, 2023
@jplebreton My name is EzyMuskias, king of kings....