Back when people were archiving JimmyComet's IG every 2 minutes, archive.is deleted/merged most of them and only left the first 2 pages of photos. Probably under the guise of saving server space.
Were the deleted versions duplicates or were there some that weren't? As from what I've read there were only a couple dozen photos total that are referenced by pizzagate in these topics. In other words, are we sure there were more than 2 pages on the Instagram and that users had archived them and they were subsequently deleted from archive.is?
The admin has noted in the past on his blog that should a large site, for example Wikipedia, start using the site for its citations the costs would skyrocket so I'd imagine it was related to cost so just looking for a little clarification.
Not totally sure I understand your question, but I'll try to clarify: I'm pretty sure we had more than just the first two pages archived, because I remember seeing nothing relevant at first, having to look past the first 30 images or so.
Just looking here at the github and there are clearly more than two pages could support.
When they compacted the archives from that day, people noticed that the page would load forever when you tried to go to page 3.
Thanks for the details. Sounds like something may have been lost in the process. From the archive.is results for the profile page it appears from the thumbnails only two pages contain images.
It should be noted that those results are only for the Instagram profile URLs though, linking directly to the images is still fine, at least for all 21 of them I saved locally (eg: this one).
My understanding is that there is potential for a middleman attack when actually archiving a page. That was the source-less claim anyway. I still use it at times, its not like theres malware coming out of the site, its more a privacy issue.
If it's a 504 it's just a timeout error. I haven't experienced any pages missing or issues myself, everything loads fine here. Unlike archive.org it's run by a single person so if there's heavy traffic I'd cut him a little slack, he's doing his best :)
Should you notice particular pages missing however do post about it as that would be important.
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Didot ago
Could you provide some examples that make you think this?
CredAndBercuses ago
Back when people were archiving JimmyComet's IG every 2 minutes, archive.is deleted/merged most of them and only left the first 2 pages of photos. Probably under the guise of saving server space.
Didot ago
Were the deleted versions duplicates or were there some that weren't? As from what I've read there were only a couple dozen photos total that are referenced by pizzagate in these topics. In other words, are we sure there were more than 2 pages on the Instagram and that users had archived them and they were subsequently deleted from archive.is?
The admin has noted in the past on his blog that should a large site, for example Wikipedia, start using the site for its citations the costs would skyrocket so I'd imagine it was related to cost so just looking for a little clarification.
CredAndBercuses ago
Not totally sure I understand your question, but I'll try to clarify: I'm pretty sure we had more than just the first two pages archived, because I remember seeing nothing relevant at first, having to look past the first 30 images or so.
Just looking here at the github and there are clearly more than two pages could support.
When they compacted the archives from that day, people noticed that the page would load forever when you tried to go to page 3.
Didot ago
Thanks for the details. Sounds like something may have been lost in the process. From the archive.is results for the profile page it appears from the thumbnails only two pages contain images.
It should be noted that those results are only for the Instagram profile URLs though, linking directly to the images is still fine, at least for all 21 of them I saved locally (eg: this one).
gateaccount ago
I was getting a 504 when trying to access anything on archive.is, it could be due to traffic but I doubt it.
Sciency ago
My understanding is that there is potential for a middleman attack when actually archiving a page. That was the source-less claim anyway. I still use it at times, its not like theres malware coming out of the site, its more a privacy issue.
Didot ago
If it's a 504 it's just a timeout error. I haven't experienced any pages missing or issues myself, everything loads fine here. Unlike archive.org it's run by a single person so if there's heavy traffic I'd cut him a little slack, he's doing his best :)
Should you notice particular pages missing however do post about it as that would be important.