> Why are forum admins beholden to archive their data in perpetuity in case someone wants free advice or knowledge? Because otherwise their work was wasted. >

> Why are forum admins beholden to archive their data in perpetuity in case someone wants free advice or knowledge? Because otherwise their work was wasted. > Do you maintain a freely-available repository of all of your knowledge and experience, in case someone else wants to consult it one day? I would if I could, I’ve already contributed what knowledge, bandwidth, and money I can to the Internet Archive. What about you? > While the openness of the (now-ending) early days of the internet was liberating and allowed knowledge sharing on an unprecedented scale, the downside is the huge devaluing of that knowledge and skills. I cannot even process how wrong this is. Objectively the preservation of knowledge and skills is a good thing, and you cannot devalue knowledge, which is itself priceless.