I am more worried about the immediate future. Good experts are hard to find and this place gets assaulted by idiots from /r/all everyday. I have to imagine the mods are getting tired of dealing with it.

I remember that someone raised a similar issue some time back and there was some thought given to the idea of an anthology of /r/AskHistorians answers. Organizing it, getting permission from the individual posters and commenters, and sorting through the fact-checking, editing, and publication mess seems like a pretty tall order, though not an insurmountable one. The biggest issue might simply be that there have been so many good questions and answers on the sub that unless it were turned into a series, you'd always be leaving something great out. Then again, a series might be a good idea too.

Have also given some thought to turning my ramblings on North Korea into a book, before realizing that the world already has all the irresponsible commentary it can handle.

That makes me wonder, how many high quality answers have disappeared over the years when people delete their accounts?

There are torrents of all reddit comments which would include this subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/65o7py/updated_reddit_comment_dataset_as_torrents/

This is a fiendishly clever question and I congratulate u/10z20Luka for the craven tautology. But it does suggest the question: will the mods allow for concurrent context and anecdotal elaboration so when future generations come here for research they'll have the benefit of first-person accounts, or will they simply have to rely on rehashed narrative?

Edit: Serious question here: Could someone please take the time to explain why this is being significantly downvoted? I meant no disrespect to the scholarship on this sub, but genuinely wonder why contemporary historians would discount the considered commentary of those personally involved in the history? Thanks very much for your thoughts.