> nor can it be self declared otherwise 8 billion people can declare themselves to be ‘archivists’. And why not? As far as I know, there is no barrier to entry

> nor can it be self declared otherwise 8 billion people can declare themselves to be ‘archivists’. And why not? As far as I know, there is no barrier to entry to archiving things for your personal use from publically available websites. Or are we talking about people who archive for public use?