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QuantumBadger / RedReader

An unofficial open source Android app for Reddit.
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[Feature Request] Fall back to archive.org on dead imgur links #1150

Open SebastianAwatramani opened 11 months ago

SebastianAwatramani commented 11 months ago

I've read on /r/datahoarder that basically all of imgur was archived during the Great Purge earlier this year. Inspired by the way that RR falls back to browser for 404s on RG, I was thinking it would be cool if it fell back to archive.org if the imgur link was dead.

I may end up taking a stab at this next year when I get some free time to set up a Java dev environment next year, but I figured I'd throw the idea out there in case anyone else wants to tackle it first.

We all know why this is an important feature so I won't go into the details :)

folkemat commented 10 months ago

I think the simplest and most inclusive solution would be to provide an "Open in archive.org " menu option for all posts that just leads to https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.example.com/ (this scheme always seems to open the last saved version). Theoretically, you could then even see deleted Reddit text posts (if they were ever archived). What do you think, @QuantumBadger? Is this compatible with the Reddit rules?