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Re: the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine



I have this bookmarked, a kinda sorta wayback machine: gopher://mozz.us/1/wayback

When it comes to public information I agree. The normal internet has a wayback machine so I don't see the rationale behind exempting gopherspace.

calcmandan
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On November 18, 2025 12:10:51 AM PST, cat Kalmar <cat@b4udw3rk5.com> wrote:
a little way back (see what I did there?) I brought up the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine to Bitreich's 20h in the hopes of bullying him into action and it didn't go as expected. I wasn't thinking he'd do it, he's busy and I wasn't asking nicely.

what surprised me is he thought the idea was wrong and dumb. he didn't like the idea of recording Gopher history in that way and talked about a right to be forgotten.

I'm on the opposite side of the fence, I feel like history is more important than that right, and if you publish something publicly then you do so knowing that you absolve yourself of that right.

so I ask the list, what are your thoughts on the idea of a Gopher Wayback machine?


regards


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