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craigmccaskill

Maybe they're having issues fulfilling individual users requests, so blocked the archive team to help reduce stress?

I can't imagine they'll want to spin up new machines, so it makes sense to throttle/limit/block.

Not sure I'd immediately jump to malice here.

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No, like, right now images hosted on Twitpic are completely inaccessible. You can't view them at all.

That doesn't mean this isn't an effort to reduce stress on the user collection download system.

I'm not saying that it isn't malicious. I just don't think it's wise to jump to that conclusion straight away.

Name the next plausible explanation and how likely you think it is relative to 'save money, screw your data'. I think you'll have takers on a bet at those odds, given what you just said.

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