How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct

Re:How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct by jefftk on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @06:45AM (#21451483)

> I have no use for things I commented 10 years ago.

This attitude confuses me. Looking back at things I wrote ten years ago makes me think "huh, I used to believe X and now I don't, why did I change my mind?" and "X used to be really important to me and now it's not, what happened?". If I'm writing something today I'll often look back at what I've said about it previously (and I like having most of what I've written as blog posts so that's easy).

Then there's the benefit to others: being able to look back at what people were thinking in the past is super useful for understanding how the world has changed, and textual comments are great for that.

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Re:How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct by why-oh-why on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:47PM (#21455353)

I’ll be honest. I used to preserve everything and I also was surprised at a friend who’d reset his Twitter profile every so often.

But it feels like everything can cause outrage these days and I don’t want to know what will look bad in 10 more years, out of context.

I’ll take out the archive and keep the memory on my computer, not online, for everyone to see.

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