Oh, I assumed Archive had an automated* tool in their arsenal to overcome the blocks that would’ve affected them. Didja happen to confirm they were blocked initially?
*I think they do something manually sometimes, like logging into a The Information Pro account and mirroring popular articles. (Unless they can use a visitor’s account somehow, like with some browser extension…) And suspected without evidence maybe The Information did some watermarking to ensure they could quickly ban accounts used like that.
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Oh, I assumed Archive had an automated* tool in their arsenal to overcome the blocks that would’ve affected them. Didja happen to confirm they were blocked initially?
*I think they do something manually sometimes, like logging into a The Information Pro account and mirroring popular articles. (Unless they can use a visitor’s account somehow, like with some browser extension…) And suspected without evidence maybe The Information did some watermarking to ensure they could quickly ban accounts used like that.
And thank you!