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A comment on Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erases old Reddits/tweets.

Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by rolleiflex on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:12PM (#19505488)
I do agree with the premise to the point that I built a Reddit-like thing that has this natively at 6-month mark. (Link in profile)

This is probably where all social platforms will eventually end up, whether they like or not.

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Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by baroffoos on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @08:49PM (#19507976)
Its just security theater though. Every popular website has scripts saving every comment that gets posted as well as users manually mirroring content to archive websites. The real solution is anonymity. You may regret saying something stupid years ago but who cares if no one can link it to your present self.
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