Why “wayback” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has been hit by waves of high-volume automated traffic Thank you for not immediately blaming it on "AI bots". I suspect there's some entit…
by userbinator · Sep 16, 2026
Thank you for the Wayback Machine. It is immensely powerful for good.
by xbar · Sep 16, 2026
Wayback can’t be accessed through vpn, atleast on proton. Heck, most sites simply block you for using vpn.
by potato-peeler · Sep 16, 2026
Perhaps it would be sensible for the wayback machine to not show paywalled articles for the first, say, 3 months.
by throwawayk7h · Sep 16, 2026
My use of wayback has skyrocketed recently due to anti-bot measures. I often cannot get past captchas, and archive.org is one of the fallbacks I try. However, archive.is, etc ar…
by hedora · Sep 16, 2026
It is different, precisely because the end result is not the same - one broadly benefits the public while the other doesn't. Substitute almost any disruptive public service to s…
by fc417fc802 · Sep 16, 2026
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