Link Rot Complaints

Users express frustration over numerous broken and dead links in a specific article or blog post, discussing the broader problem of link rot on the internet and suggesting solutions like link verification, archiving, or redirects.

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HN useit.com dev.to list.htm reddit.com github.com brisray.com E.g adla.st links link rot broken dead work anymore content redirect forever sites

Sample Comments

killjoywashere Mar 3, 2018 View on HN

That is some serious linkrot you have there.

pekk Feb 6, 2014 View on HN

Why can't your blog periodically verify its links? It seems obvious that you can't depend on notifications that something is no longer available

ValentineC May 4, 2021 View on HN

It's a bit sad how many of the links in the article don't work anymore.

hkon Sep 19, 2021 View on HN

Too bad a lot of the links does not work anymore.

platz Apr 22, 2015 View on HN

My link works, but many of the links in the article itself no longer exist

samic Mar 15, 2011 View on HN

that usually good links get lost?!

sberman Sep 14, 2020 View on HN

Some links won't work, and that's unavoidable. I'm working on a way to redirect to another site if the first one is broken. In the mean time, just press the button again for a new link.

smeagull Jul 14, 2022 View on HN

Ugh. Links are meant to live forever.

thedudeabides5 Dec 30, 2021 View on HN

kinda funny that the vast majority of these links are now dead or squatted

willemlabu Oct 4, 2020 View on HN

The link rot on that page frustrates me :/