A lot communities have “Posts older than 365 days will be removed.” in their description, but what does this mean exactly? It never says.

  • The database of posts only goes as far as 1 year, everything older gets wiped? I hope and assume that’s not it.
  • Posts with links to articles older than a year get removed?
  • If a thread is over a year old, no new comments will be added?
  • mehquestion@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Awww man…I mean its kind of a good idea, but on reddit I’ve had people reply to 10 year old posts.

    Its a weirdly nice feeling.

    But I do think we’re in a data hoarding mentality and wish to preserve everything. I think it is important to let things go.

    Edit: Though on the flipside, I do appreciate especially on technical posts, to go back and look up people’s answers/solutions to questions I have.

    Even if the answer is no longer valid, perhaps the person who provided the answer can offer an alternate solution.

    • arsCynic@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      But I do think we’re in a data hoarding mentality and wish to preserve everything. I think it is important to let things go.

      In general I’d agree, but I’d like to see a Web where search engines show more answers on the Fediverse/Lemmy instead of Reddit. If the default is removal after 365 days, this won’t happen.