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Wish I fully understood the nuances of posting archived links vs direct links. Is the main benefit of an archived link that the related content remains accessible in the event the direct link becomes inaccessible? Can't imagine the technical sorcery that would make that possible...

Wish I fully understood the nuances of posting archived links vs direct links. Is the main benefit of an archived link that the related content remains accessible in the event the direct link becomes inaccessible? Can't imagine the technical sorcery that would make that possible...

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Don’t know about the viability any longer. A link yesterday that was rather damning - I believe it was NIMH data or something similar - was archived with archive.ph, and the link was dead on arrival.