An infinite archive of crap?

During yesterday’s class discussions, we contemplated the difficulties in creating an infinite, digital archive. Some of our concerns centred on quantity, incompatibility issues, and storage space. All of course are valid concerns, but I was left wondering, what about quality?
Over the course of discussion we determined that should one wish to save all the born-digital material that we are currently producing, we would need countless new & huge libraries, were it all to be saved. Some of the born-digital media we discussed came out of email and Facebook. Let’s focus on Facebook, shall we? Is this the type of material we would really want to save?
Think about some of the ‘debates’ that have occurred on various Facebook groups. Many of them are reminiscent of MC Hammer’s song about big butts. Well, at least the very beginning of that song:
“Oh my god Becky, look at her butt. It is so big… Eugh… she looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends.”
You get the picture.
The sad part is though – The beginning of that song is more grammatically correct and coherent than many of the postings you find on Facebook. Do we really want future historians to look back upon these tidbits and wonder if there was something wrong with the water we were drinking?
I for one do not believe that we need to even consider saving every bit of born-digital media we’re currently creating. As I mentioned in class, there is way too much repetition, and quite frankly, a lot of what’s out there is embarrassing – not just to me, but for my generation.