Suggestion: when linking to external pages, link to an archived version rather than a live page.
Rationale: I’ve been browsing old posts recently, and quite a few have broken links. This is generally soluble on an individual basis but requires future readers to take the initiative of checking sources and hunting down archived versions, which they don’t reliably do; thus, to solve the problem at scale I recommend including archive links to begin with.
Suggestion: when linking to external pages, link to an archived version rather than a live page.
Rationale: I’ve been browsing old posts recently, and quite a few have broken links. This is generally soluble on an individual basis but requires future readers to take the initiative of checking sources and hunting down archived versions, which they don’t reliably do; thus, to solve the problem at scale I recommend including archive links to begin with.
There is a tradeoff:
100% chance that I, the writer, will have to look up an archive link
some chance that some unknown number of future readers will have to look up an archive link
The tradeoff depends on the numbers. My guess is it’s worth it for evergreen articles and not worth it for comments.