Hastily converted to markdown with pandoc, and put up as a github gist: https://gist.github.com/tonyb486/eec2f16b06eef4692dac6e56362...
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://buttondown.email/hille...
The AJAXification of the web, even for trivial web pages, is defeating archive.org on multiple occasions, it's a huge threat to our history preservation. We cannot stop people from overusing AJAX, and we need to develop better archival tools.
That's the only real solution. Trying to redirect the whole ecosystem on to a more convenient path is doomed to fail unless your path is actually easier or better in some way.
Well, I would argue it is, in nearly every way.
The largest drawback is that by avoiding pulling the content with JS you won't automatically deny service to people that are trying to avoid trackers... This site looks like a medium wannabe, so this is probably important to them.
[0] And just look at the HN comments for any NYT or WSJ article to see how well that goes over even with people who complain about ad trackers and privacy.
Out of the joy of amateur and professional contribution to the community. It used to work...
I get the nostalgia for the pre Endless September internet but the cats out of the bag on that pretty much. There's some small efforts to remake it with peer hosting and federated networks like Peertube or Mastodon but they'd crumble if they got as popular as the Youtube or Twitter they want to replace.
https://searchengineland.com/google-will-ensure-googlebot-ru...
(Also archive.today solves this somehow, no?)
Edit: And now both sites work fine; not sure if gaslight or heisenbug.