#infinity train archive

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Given the leaked internal memo to Reddit staff, and with the uncertainty of r/InfinityTrain being opened even if the API issues are rolled back, I would like to make a followup post to my original call to action to put together an archive of AMA answers and crew comments.

Particularly, as of now, I am the sole person with access to the subreddit beyond the mods as notified below, and I do not know how long my access will last:

To clarify, this ‘good reason’ of mine is a massive Infinity Train project - utilizing many comments across the internet - I had started several weeks ago and am still currently in the middle of working on due to the scale doubling in length.

Originally, I had planned to keep it as a surprise (and I do still intend to hold a few cards close to my chest) until I finished. But with the position I am now in and the research that I have already done, I will be undertaking the task of archiving as much as I can of the crew comments and information that we know of from Reddit - as well as Owen’s Twitter account - while I still have the opportunity.

As such, please send me your bookmarked links to relevant Twitter threads, Owen interviews, tumblr posts, r/InfinityTrain comments, and others that feature concept art, information about the show’s production process, and or lore to at least some degree. If you have files and crew art, send them my way as well, and if you have screenshots of the more obscure given details that have not gained much attention, they will especially be helpful.

I cannot promise that I will catch everything, but I will do my best to act upon what I am directed to, and I hope my method of organizing will be easy to follow when this task is finished.

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So, with the possibility that the subreddit might not reopen, I would like to put out a callout for all Infinity Train fans who see this post to share any archived photos and documentation they have about as many Reddit AMA answers and Owen Dennis comments as possible.

We’re in great need of backing up all that we can in case both the subreddit stays private and the Wayback Machine goes down, so please feel free to share all of the archived Twitter and Instagram QnAs that you have as well.

Photo galleries in this case would be more than a lifesaver, and please spread the word so we can preserve as much as we can for the fandom.

Update: There is an internet archive of every post and comment made between June 2005 and March 2023 on r/DataHoarders at the linked post. I do not know how to utilize the archives listed, but between the two download websites given, make sure you pick the THE-EYE.EU archive. It has a search function that, from what it seems to me, can allow for a data dump of just r/Infinity Train for our purposes:

While this might help with archival efforts, please continue to spread the request for alternate archives and screenshots as a secondary measure while and after people figure out how to use this resource.

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Hey all, small update on the r/InfinityTrain archive efforts here.

As it turns out, the mods on the subreddit have opened it back up to the public and I am no longer the only person allowed to view it, so you can go and check it out now.

That being said, with tomorrow being the start of the API changes, it’d still be in your best interests to archive what you can and want to while Reddit still works. In the meantime, since it’s still the last day of Pride month at the time of starting this draft and because I’ve managed to do a considerable amount of work without yet losing steam, I’m happy to share a peek at the current progress on my subreddit archive:

As you can see, I’m still going to finish my archiving of what I can, as who knows what may happen to the original information sources.

Especially because Twitter now requires you to have an account to do anything - including merely browsing and seeing posts - and who knows whether embed support on other sites will be going away too.

In other words, if you want to still have a guaranteed way to check info from the Twitter accounts of the crew but don’t want to make an account/in case Twitter gets royally screwed up, it is incredibly important to document any and all concept art, post threads, and links shared by the Infinity Train crew.

In fact, I have set up a Google drive folder to consolidate efforts into one place for all who wants to help with this task below:

Infinity Train - Google Drive

Inside, I have set up two folders: posts by the crew, and noteworthy fan art/analysis by fans that the crew have taken particular note of. And to help with organizing all the links and information together, I have set up the simplified google sheet below:

IT Link and Screenshot Name Archive

Crew Tweets, Concept Art, Hyperlinks Please take a picture of the posts you archive and change the file name to a distinctive title/brief d

For the process of organizing, here’s a general outline of how archiving can be done:

Find the Twitter post you want to archive, whether it’s in a Discord server, on the Wayback Machine website (since Owen mass deleted his tweets often),

Copy the link to the Google sheet with - if you can - the month and year the post was created

Take a picture of the full post/decent chunks of a Twitter thread

If possible, change the file name of the picture to a title or brief description outlining the content within the post

Upload the photo to the respective subfolder and type the file name in the respective Google Sheet

Now, I have a few additional docs and subfolders than these key ones, but I hope that the drive is overall easy to navigate and understand, and here’s to saving Infinity Train fandom history for all to see and know that we were here!