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[–] [email protected] 288 points 5 months ago (45 children)

Not surprising. They archive information that powerful people would rather we forget.

[–] [email protected] 139 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (18 children)

Not surprising. They archive information that powerful people would rather ~~we forget~~ monetise.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (16 children)

It's both. I'm sure Puff Daddy, and R Kelly would rather we forget all the horrible things they've done rather than make money off of it. At the same time the NYTimes and the Atlantic would love to make money off their articles about those two people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That literally has nothing to do with archive.org

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Archive.com is not archive.org.

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