Hm. Kind of a weird thing to be doing then. I know storage prices are up and all, but that half kilobyte of text?
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pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Some communities simply purge old posts.
amio@lemmy.world 1 month ago
pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
One post is a couple of kilobytes, but there are hundreds of posts daily, you know. Also comments, also attachments. And no community exists in vacuum, they are parts of much larger instance servers. So this is among the least disruptive ways to save storage space.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Then they fucking stupid and we will never grow Lemmy as a legit site.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some instances are hosted and paid for by people that don’t have lots of money. Purging old posts to save costs is a valid reason to do so. Whether or not that’s the case, I have no idea.
pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It depends on a particular community.
Communities like nostupidquestions are not expected to have posts with important news or problems one might google a year later.
Tech-focused communities, on the contrary, are expected to keep posts forever, so that important information will be accessible. However, some people delete their posts after their problem is solved. This is highely discouraged.
And Lemmy ain’t just one site. Yeah.