One of the reasons why I do this is because I see links shared that link to wordpress blogs. Blogs tend to die a lot.

I have written about this before. You can check my post on archiving.

Webhosting services die all the time. That's why, most of the time, if we link only to the default URL of a blog, we're at an extremely high risk of not being able to access that information in the future.

@cryptosharon/use-archiving-tools-to-ensure-the-durability-of-the-information-you-share

This is why if you want your links to last some time, especially to books and articles, I recommend not linking only to the direct source, but to an archived version. I recommend using platforms such as the ones I mentioned before, i.e. libgen, the anarchist library, zlibrary, archive.org and archive.today.

Around 70% of my stored bookmarks are dead. I tell you from experience that hotlinking to direct downloads on fleeting blogs will make it so you don't have access to your own information in a few years. Blogs delete posts, hosts delete blogs, registrars delete domains, etc.