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A lot of datahoarding resources assume that you're intimately familiar with command prompts, webcrawlers, scripts, and more. But what if... you're stupid? What if you're extremely unfamiliar with those sorts of things, looking to have your hand held through the entire process? What if your name is Azure and you have an account called bedes on Dreamwidth.org? (Wait, that's getting too specific.)

Well, these resources are for you! Idiot-proof resources I've gathered for archiving stuff online! As tested and approved by an actual idiot!

(Quick disclaimer: I call myself "stupid" and "an idiot" lightheartedly, and as a morally neutral descriptor. Being stupid about certain things isn't bad! Which is why I'm making this post!)

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If you know of any data-hoarding / archival resources that wasn't mentioned here, and you think even a total Python-illiterate doofus could get working, link it in the comments below! (Also, please include if it involves or requires any downloads, just because I think that's useful info.)