Doom-punk band Witch Fever say they are struggling financially despite supporting a band around Europe and the UK, and are unable to get jobs due to further touring commitments
  • CAVOK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Archive comes up as a suggestion when posting a link. I didn’t understand the thread, what’s the risk?

    • Rhea@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 day ago

      The information is kinda new, so many people do not know yet and recommend it. Also some people might decide not to care as it technically still works to bypass paywalls.

      What happens when you open an archive is link is that your browser sends a request to another site in the background in a way that it causes some amount of workload on the target server. When a lot of people use archive, the target server might get slow or unresponsive. In this case it is hosted by Wordpress, so Wordpress might decide not to host the blog any more. My last info was that this is some kind of revenge against the blogs owner as they gathered and published information on who might be behind archive is.

      • CAVOK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Good info. So it’s still alright to use for sites like FT and the likes then. ;-)

          • CAVOK@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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            18 hours ago

            Financial Times. Large sites should be able to handle the extra traffic.

            Maybe not okay to use, but at least not risky from a personal perspective.

            • Rhea@feddit.orgEnglish
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              18 hours ago

              The attack from the extra traffic is all against a single blog, not the site you visit through archive. Sorry, could have made that more clear.