Current Projects

Archive Team recruiting

Friends Reunited: One of the UK's first social networks is closing on February 26, 2016. IRC Channel #friendsununited (on hackint).
Google Code: Google likes Github more. Shutting down on January 26, 2016. IRC Channel #googlecodeblue (on hackint).
GameFront: Inactive, and tends to delete old stuff.
Thingiverse: Thingies are in danger.
URLTeam: URL shorteners were a fucking awful idea. IRC Channel #urlteam (on hackint).
WikiTeam (WARC format): Saving wikis and their external links for the Wayback Machine. IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).

myVIP: Second most popular Hungarian social network now on the verge of disappearing. IRC Channel #byevip (on hackint).

yuku: Lately yuku is very unstable and hosting thousands of forums. IRC Channel #archiveteam (on hackint). (Status: Paused on owner's request.)
Blingee: >130 million images and 9 years of user content ~~will be deleted on August 25, 2015.~~ IRC Channel #tragedee (on hackint). (Status: started banning us, paused.)
SourceForge: Old, ad supported, adware supported. IRC Channel #coldstorage (on hackint). (Status: Paused on staff request.)
Halo: Downloading all the read-only data from Halo. IRC Channel #yolohalo (on hackint). (Status: Halo3 game stats saved, other versions coming up.)
Blogger: Google was to restrict public access to adult blogs, but they backed down. We're backing up Blogger anyway. IRC Channel #frogger (on hackint). (Status: We collected a list of blogs, content grab coming up.)

AOL: Climbing into the decaying walled garden. IRC Channel #aohell (on hackint)
ArchiveBot: For those with lots of disk space, bandwidth and long-term commitment. IRC Channel #archivebot (on hackint).
Audit 2014: It's time to verify our shit. IRC Channel #auditteam (on hackint).
FTP: Download all the FTP sites! IRC Channel #effteepee (on hackint).
Froogle: Let's do a census of all of Google's products. IRC Channel #froogle (on hackint).
INTERNETARCHIVE.BAK: How do we archive an archive? IRC Channel #internetarchive.bak (on hackint).
ISP Hosting: Finding ISP web hosting services before the Grim Reaper finds them. IRC Channel #webroasting (on hackint).
Project Newsletter: Archiving e-newsletters, currently in development. IRC Channel #projectnewsletter (on hackint).
Valhalla: Where to store what even the Internet Archive doesn't have space for? IRC Channel #huntinggrounds (on hackint).
WikiTeam (XML dumps): Exporting Mediawiki databases. Permanent effort, everyone can help (you choose the size of your downloads). IRC Channel #wikiteam (on hackint).
Woohoo: Yahoo is untrustworthy, let's do a census of all their products. IRC Channel #woohoo (on hackint).

RadioShack: RadioShack is going bankrupt. IRC Channel #unshackled (on hackint).

Picasa Web Albums: Main page redirecting to Google Plus, future uncertain. IRC Channel #picasso (on hackint).
Blipfoto: ~~Went into liquidation on March 11, 2015, future uncertain.~~ Acquired on March 25, 2015, we're still grabbing it anyway. IRC Channel #fotofinish (on hackint).
The Pirate Bay: Recently came back up, grabbing an archive for sanity's sake. IRC Channel #yarharfiddlededee (on hackint).
Ownlog: Ownlog is losing popularity and support from its owners. IRC Channel #pwnlog (on hackint).
Orkut: Orkut got kut on September 30, 2014. It lives on as a public archive. IRC Channel #throatkut (on hackint).
Panoramio: Google is migrating photos only (no metadata!) to Maps. IRC Channel #paranormio (on hackint).
DevPort: This portfolio SaaS provider has reportedly been having infrastructure issues, and removed their social media accounts. Possible impending shutdown.

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