So ... what *is* known about the operator(s) / funding?

mgdlbp · on July 16, 2022

Likely Slavic⸺

• WHOIS points to a "Denis Petrov" in Prague

• Share menu has buttons for Reddit, VKontakte, Twitter, Pinboard, and Livejournal. Eyebrow raising. VK is Russian, and so is LJ nowadays. Pinboard (notable as successor of del.icio.us) is American, coincidentally founded by a Polish immigrant.

• With a sizable dose of confirmation bias, the mistakes in the English of the site and blog do feel appropriately Slavic

It's stated to be privately funded with costs around US$4000/month, began accepting donations in 2016 (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.today#Vital_S...)

dredmorbius · on July 16, 2022

Thanks. That's largely the sense I've had.

Motivation / utility is a question that's occurred to me more than once.