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### how-to-defeat-the-internet-archive-grift-page
*originally posted:* aug 2025
if youre annoyed by just how obnoxious the beg page (once again) on the internet archive is, im annoyed that theyre even asking.
if you want a really good idea why im annoyed that they even ask, check out this page:
=> how-clownflare-breaks-the-internet-archive.html how-clownflare-breaks-the-internet-archive
and this page:
=> good-news---the-internet-archive-is-down.html good-news---the-internet-archive-is-down
of course that title is partly sarcastic, but i do mention reasons it was actually good.
i do find the size of the "banner" (nearly full page) to be really obnoxious, ive been opening lots of pages and the banner just makes the site useless.
its been years since ive seen any improvement of the archive, it just gets worse and i dont think theyre very honest with the public.
also, how to hide the grift page was a solved problem years ago. i was unable to find an existing solution online, possibly due to the abysmal state of search these days, but whatever the reason i didnt find one.
if you have stylish installed and youre looking for a css hack to fix this, ive got your one-liner right here:
```
#wm-ipp-base {visibility: hidden; height: 0;}
```
just click the stylish icon, then the vertical elipsis... and select "create new style", then add that line.
it will complain that youre using an id in a selector- ignore that, you show me another way to do it. it works.
also if you want to hide the annoying autocomplete popup (i wouldnt mind, if there was a way to turn it off) in the nekoweb editor, you can add this line:
```
.ace_autocomplete {visibility: hidden; height: 0;}
```
its important to note that autocomplete will still run and still interfere with your typing, but at least the popup wont happen.
when you are done editing or typing a line, hitting the ESC key (spacebar if you want to type more words on the line) will stop autocomplete from interfering.
sadly, if you like or need the archive toolbar- the part that usually shows even when theyre not in beg mode, this banner hider will hide that too.
but if you wanted to hide that, this might work for that purpose all the time.
you can disable the style and unhide just by clicking the stylish icon and either undoing the "active" switch or going to manage styles, the same way you went to create new styles.
this is just a hack, i still like the other solutions ive seen better, though i am fond of one-liners. i spent time trying to figure this out with the debug tools that come with the browser.
i dont mind organisations asking for money, if they dont spend the rest of the time screwing users over.
i dont admire the internet archive. i dont like the way they do things, i dont think throwing money at them will help. i absolutely question the integrity of those in charge. thats a problem you solve with awareness and activism, not with paying them to keep doing things the wrong way.
you can tell me how important the archive is, but in my opinion that only makes it more important that things change, not that they get more money to screw around and bullshit people.
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