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Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by AlbertCory »

bee_rider wrote: post #59
slikrick wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you should really look into lost media, stuff gets lost on the internet all the time. and that's just the stuff people are actually caring to look for

This is a totally unrelated issue. A file on the internet obviously could be backed up by anyone, so deleting things from the internet does not verifiably restore your privacy. A file on the internet might not be publicly accessible in the future. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been backed up privately. It is the worst of both worlds.

You are both talking about what could happen. Indeed it could.

Probably it won't, though, for most people.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by smcin »

rgovostes wrote: post #9
chankstein38 wrote: post #2

Why though? If a listing has been deleted, I know that it's no longer available, which I see as a feature. Is this just for meme or funny listings?

A friend of mine was a victim of a false Craigslist listing inviting people to come by his home and take "free" items from his property. The listing was removed before he got home from work and realized what happened. It would have been useful to have an archived copy of the listing.

The value of being able to see the deleted posts is so you can recognize the posters or their telltale phrases in future:

a) Too-good-to-be-true accommodation listings on CL/FB listing artificially low weekly/month-to-month rates on nice-looking properties, in order to "acquire" unwitting customers for marketing RE or 12+ month leases to. RedFin and/or their affiliates seemed to be doing a huge amount of this throughout 2022.

b) Deposit scammers on CL, FB advertising properties for which they are not the landlord; meet in person to pretend to take application and deposit. (Someone I know was scammed $1400. Obviously be skeptical, check owner, never give cash to strangers - but this still happens).

c) Another telltale is when the identity of the "apply to" URL is disguised using shorteners (or rendered as image).

d) Nuisance landlord(/roommate) scammers on CL/FB who repeatedly post a similar generic ad under different names/ addresses/ userids; then don't know which property in which country you're responding to, won't reply by phone, are in a different timezone/country, and insist you fill in their third-party application form incl. your contacts and SSN.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by toomanyrichers »

june07 wrote: post #18
minimaul wrote: post #10

The swipe ads for digitalocean on this are tremendously obnoxious as they break back and forward swiping on Safari on iPhone. That’s not okay, don’t do this. But hey, it’s a way to guarantee that you’ll annoy people enough to not use it.

Removed the ads until I can fix the problem you are experiencing. Click on App update available or reload the page again, if you'd be so kind.

Still breaks swipe to go back for me.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

june07 wrote: post #21
g232089 wrote: post #19

You can use https://archive.ph to archive webpages instantly and (seemingly) forever. Btw, I've been aching for a browser extension that saves a copy of every web site I visit so I can reach for the archived copy in my history window. Does anything like that exist?

Actually, discovered that site after building this! lol It did seem to be a good resource. However, there are certainly differences between Clippings and it. One big one being that Clippings is more narrowly focused on classifieds and not the web in general. Not sure about the browser extension...

From a data persistence perspective, it’s good just that there are more archives so I wouldn’t worry too much about differentiation. Hopefully this tool is used alongside others.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by justsomehnguy »

xwdv wrote: post #45
jpc0 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This here is at the forefront of the entire reason for the massive backlash at tge Reddit API changes. I created that content, I can decide what is done with it. If I dislike the direction reddit is going I should be able to remove said content and prevent reddit from generating income for it. Reddit didn't pay me to provide the information I did, neither did you. Neither of you are entitled to it remaining there ind…

Sorry to tell you, but once you post it on Reddit, the content is no longer yours. Not your content, not your choice.

That applies to your nudes too.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by tivert »

I just found out the other day that the official Internet Archive/Wayback Machine extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp...) has a mode to automatically archive every page you view. It's pretty neat, and I wish more people would run it to get a more diverse snapshot of stuff into the Wayback machine.

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by dyeje »

thriftwy wrote: post #67

We are way overdue for having a service which would completely back up any bit if information you ever put your eye at, in a private cloud, with search.

Not a fan personally, but it’s out there.

https://www.rewind.ai/

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by ajdude »

tivert wrote: post #66

I just found out the other day that the official Internet Archive/Wayback Machine extension ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp... ) has a mode to automatically archive every page you view. It's pretty neat, and I wish more people would run it to get a more diverse snapshot of stuff into the Wayback machine.

I wish I knew about this sooner! They also have it for firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-machi...

Re: Show HN: I got tired of reading "This posting has been deleted by its author"

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Post by willsmith72 »

tivert wrote: post #66

I just found out the other day that the official Internet Archive/Wayback Machine extension ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp... ) has a mode to automatically archive every page you view. It's pretty neat, and I wish more people would run it to get a more diverse snapshot of stuff into the Wayback machine.

I see they have a private mode, how does this work exactly? How does it make sure it's archiving the home page of my bank's website and not my personal dashboard?
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