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Re:Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab by mbreese on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:50AM (#25927578)
> That's always fun finding dumb things you posted online as a kid.

The older I get, the more I understand the push for a right to be forgotten. I wish that (most?) public sites had some kind of filter where things disappeared. There is no reason why comments made as a kid should follow you forever. Or, if not entirely removed, then maybe the authorship masked.

I mean, if bad decisions fall off your credit report after 7 years, why shouldn’t the stupid tweet you posted 7 years ago? This is especially true for accounts where the person was under 18 at the time.

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Re:Agent fired from literary agency for using Parler and Gab by commandlinefan on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:10AM (#25929092)
> some kind of filter where things disappeared

Well, people can delete ill-advised tweets, but it doesn't matter - if somebody else screen-shotted it, they can hang on to the screenshot for as long as they like and use it against you when you run for congress some day.

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