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+layout: post
+title: "Reddit Blocks the Internet Archives"
+date: 2025-08-28
+permalink: "/blog/reddit-blocks-internet-archives"
+author: Benjamin Sanders
+catagories: reddit, internet, archives, indieweb
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+So, I was watching an EposVox video titled "It's time for Reddit to die". It might be a little hyperbolic of a title and some might say clickbaity but it's not wrong.
+
+After the whole API change I personally cut back my Reddit usage. I say cutback because I have still used it occasionally to find older information or even less
+occassionally for newer stuff when someone sent me a link. That said though my time just mindlessly browsing Reddit since the API change had dramatically decreased and
+I've, honestly, been much happier. I don't even have the app on my phone anymore.
+
+This more recent news of a change Reddit has made though just seems to add salt to a still open wound by them blocking the Internet Archive from archiving their site.
+To be fair I'm aware Reddit is a business and one that is publically traded. I know they need to make money and allowing content to be elswhere probably runs counter
+to that goal. 
+
+The internet has always been a place that information wouldn't just go to die eventually. There has always been people, myself included, that had
+a passion for archiving things. Allowing the internet to be a vast treasure trove of human knowledge for future netizens. Things like this latest move by Reddit and
+the move to private Discord servers over public IRC channels makes it harder for that knowledge to continue to exist on the internet.
+
+That is the reason I love the [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/) movement and hate when companies do things to restrict information from being free. I believe that it attempts to show people just what we've "lost" by using these big corporations for our internet services.
+Now, we haven't actually lost the old internet, which is why I put lost in quotes, but it just needs to be rediscovered by a wider audience. The internet itself and all the
+websites and services are decentralized by design. You can use services by corporations like Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, etc or use some independently run website or forum by
+a dedicated fan or group of fans.
+
+Running those independent services cost money though and it's not as easy as a few clicks to create a subreddit or Discord server. I believe though that if you use a password
+manager it does make managing logins easier and even help your security online.
+
+I'll leave a link to a Verge article below on the Reddit change and wanted to sign off with one more thought. Check out the [IndieWeb](https://indieweb.org/) and support independent
+websites and forums!
+
+Thanks for reading and see you in the next post! :D
+
+Articles/Videos mentioned in this post (Links open in same tab):
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+[Reddit will block the Internet Archive](https://www.theverge.com/news/757538/reddit-internet-archive-wayback-machine-block-limit)
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+[It's Time For Reddit To Die](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xlyggbD_lE&list=TLPQMjgwODIwMjVkNDGGq73Fog&index=5)
+
+P.S. Use the mobile reader in your browser if on mobile.
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