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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by hsbauauvhabzb on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:28PM (#25154595)
There’s no cost benefit for a small forum to remove old threads. Reddit would save hundreds of terabytes doing it though.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by krageon on Friday November 20, 2020 @08:19AM (#25160162)
"hundreds of terabytes" of actual pure text. I find it extremely unlikely that this is actually the case.
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by dredmorbius on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:43PM (#25165401)
Likewise: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25165393
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Re:As internet forums die off, finding community can be hard... by seppel on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:14PM (#25156396)
But reddit doesn't remove anything (AFAIK), it just makes it read only.
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