Comment by throw0101c

4 hours ago

On modifying bits, see perhaps this comment from a discussion ~8 months ago:

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throw0101c

Hm, someone in the first thread mentioned a Reddit cofounder did something like this too

iamnothere 3 hours ago

Yes, and archiving as a practice became popular when people noticed that media sites were beginning to edit or delete articles without listing a correction, sometimes after the story had already circulated widely. Previously, editors would usually make a note of such things.
(This is why archives that bypass paywalls are particularly important. I wish we had more options here.)