> Data hoarding comes with most downsides of hoarding physical objects. It's just smaller, cheaper & easier to process. So the same downsides, except ... much

> Data hoarding comes with most downsides of hoarding physical objects. It's just smaller, cheaper & easier to process. So the same downsides, except ... much better? > There's people that get rid of any physical object they haven't used in the past year (or 2, or 5, whatever) > Data is no different. ... you either use it from time to time I suppose the real question then is what timeframe do you consider "using it from time to time"? It seems to me that this depends very much on the person, and likely on the objects themselves - probably a large appliance you haven't used in a year is likelier to be thrown away than a small item you haven't used in several. Considering data storage is smaller, cheaper, and easier to manage, I suppose a reasonable timeframe for keeping it, just in case, would be a lot longer than physical items. This of course says nothing of the societal and cultural value such archivists safeguard.