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Matching Donations at the Internet Archive / Wayback Machine

posted by martyb on Friday November 30 2018, @01:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the fix-the-fricken-web dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

After donating to SoylentNews, my next favorite online charity is archive.org — I use the Wayback Machine to fix old broken links, check books out of their huge online library and listen to the live music archive.

Since I've donated before, I got the once-a-year reminder from them today and this time they have an unnamed donor that is matching donations (don't know for how long). So I sent them twenty-five bucks for a job well done.

Brewster Kahle's pitch is here, https://archive.org/donate/

...
We need a Web that’s reliable. That sets the record straight. We need a Web that’s on our side. A Web that’s not creepy, that doesn’t spy on us. So let’s fix the frickin’ Web!

When I started this nonprofit 22 years ago, people called me crazy. Collect web pages? Why? Who would want to read a book on a screen?

Did you know, this past year we’ve:

        We’ve fixed 1.5 million broken links in Wikipedia using the Wayback Machine?
        Journalists have cited the Internet Archive 1200+ times to set the record straight?
        Readers have borrowed 4 million books and downloaded 900 million texts with complete reader privacy?

Nearly all of the archive.org pages I visit show 0 trackers with EFF Privacy Badger. Oddly the donation page shows a half dozen, perhaps tied to the various payment options (like credit card logos)? I blocked them all and the page still displayed OK.

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday November 30 2018, @02:10AM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday November 30 2018, @02:10AM (#768107) Homepage

    They have my best journals! I'd love to donate, but after my weekend booze budget, I won't have any spending money until granny dies*.

    * and the bitch better die soon and have something left for me when she does.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @02:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @02:25AM (#768115)

    Glad you came back, VLM doesn't quite seem up to taking over your role here on SN.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @03:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @03:54AM (#768138)

    I'm sure you can come up with more than two nickels. After you get a good buzz on, start drinking cheaper stuff, you'll never know the difference and before you can say Jack Daniels you will have $25 to support Archive.org ...