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Why are forum admins beholden to archive their data in perpetuity in case someone wants free advice or knowledge?

Do you maintain a freely-available repository of all of your knowledge and experience, in case someone else wants to consult it one day?

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.