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Hm, someone in the first thread mentioned a Reddit cofounder did something like this too
Yes, and archiving as a practice became popular when people noticed that media sites were beginning to edit or delete articles without listing a correction, sometimes after the story had already circulated widely. Previously, editors would usually make a note of such things.

(This is why archives that bypass paywalls are particularly important. I wish we had more options here.)