Post AcVNW7dSWxdz5eHyGO by kroc@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AcVLjxnvgBkikGetLE by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-12-05T16:20:56Z
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Had the pleasure of making a note at the Internet Archive's all-hands meeting about the Hbomberguy plagarism video, because that video (plus the Todd in the Shadows sequel/assist) are an example of using the Internet Archive so much and so extensively, it's not even mentioned - they just use it, like you use a search engine or you use an editing program.Obviously this is both good and bad.
(DIR) Post #AcVMY0pehDsicCKaKu by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-12-05T16:21:46Z
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Great because that's what the Internet Archive/Wayback machine is for, a citation and research machine.Bad because this is a critical giving time and people don't know the whole thing is used as much as it is. Still thinking how to improve this.
(DIR) Post #AcVNW7dSWxdz5eHyGO by kroc@mstdn.social
2023-12-05T16:25:10Z
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@textfiles Create a prepared citation string + short-url on every page so that editors can copy/paste whilst they're researching
(DIR) Post #AcVO7nVlndVHgGeob2 by kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town
2023-12-05T16:33:40Z
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@textfiles I could also see this as an opportunity for the Internet Archive to review how they can make it more usable.
(DIR) Post #AcVOmKB5lX8yZrJHl2 by lathamgreen@ravenation.club
2023-12-05T16:44:54Z
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@textfiles The wayback machine also seems to preserve the "pre-ai internet" that does not have much ai generated content if you look before say 2015 - if you wanted pristine web - so you can compare then and now with regards to how generative ai is changing content !
(DIR) Post #AcVS74su7YQ95cOGdE by stylinstainless@mastodon.online
2023-12-05T17:29:57Z
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@textfiles Yep. A friend of mine would not have been able to complete her master's thesis on the subject she had chosen without the Internet Archive.
(DIR) Post #AcVUArVnyueSgLWC7E by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-12-05T17:55:31Z
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@kilroy_was_here The opportunity of them not mentioning they're using is an opportunity to make it usable?
(DIR) Post #AcVV3ogwAYw5rTvgye by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-12-05T18:04:32Z
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@Dio9sys That's a lot of ideas put together.A helpful book on how to use the Archive is not going to come from the archive.
(DIR) Post #AcVie9hioxkErOxFLc by serge@tilde.zone
2023-12-05T20:35:37Z
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@textfiles Perhaps, IA could reach out to some of those creators and ask them to mention it in their works. Either directly or as a note somewhere on the website.I'm sure many would agree, and it'll definitely raise awareness.Perhaps, @Hbomberguy is reachable on Mastodon?
(DIR) Post #AcXLr24Ic3kkJTbd6e by bobbydigitales@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-12-06T15:23:45Z
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@textfiles Flip all served pages upside down until people pay up!
(DIR) Post #AcXN0rk5xW538cPNz6 by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2023-12-06T15:32:36Z
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@bobbydigitales thank you for joining internet archive, remember to sign up for internet archive Plus
(DIR) Post #AcjCVrcMbBrAjG8A76 by 3pick3raser@infosec.exchange
2023-12-12T08:39:49Z
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@textfilesYou need a verb that describes searching for something on IA, like Google's 'googling'. The hbomber script could have been full of him "zoorkling the archive" or "psshuming an old article"