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by davidascher 3611 days ago
This was done in partnership with the Internet Archive folks -- they _want_ the traffic, in part because this helps people know about the Archive, but mostly because this is a public benefit feature, which is what non-profits strive to provide.

As to the amount of traffic it generates, that's one reason why we're doing this through Test Pilot -- we can dial that up or down.