Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by lexlambda 597 days ago
> As we put more of our records and news on the Web and nowhere else, that’s *vitally important for historians and other people who appreciate knowing* who said what to whom and when.

Fortunately the Internet Archive crawler has already continued (confirmed by Jason Scott), the new information is just not yet represented in the Wayback Machine.

Considering the importance of events currently happening around the world (wars, elections, ...), that's very good. (although I'm not sure how extensive its coverage is)

However, all the archiving efforts by individuals using Save Page Now or the API are still halted.