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Re:Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and ... by kuschku on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:26AM (#29483910)
A friend sent an expiring 5-second photo to me in 2018, and to prove a point, I redrew that 1:1 a few weeks ago and showed it to her, because I think expiring messages are bullshit.

In the real world, I won’t forget the messages you tell me either, the memories are forever. Why should a digital message expire when memories don’t? I can still remember what my first day of school was, why shouldn’t I be able to see the messages I got sent last week?

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Re:Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and ... by 542354234235 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @08:51AM (#29484649)
>Why should a digital message expire when memories don’t?

I'm curious if you understand that your memories don't expire, but that almost all other people's do? I'd be interested to know if you think the platforms should conform to how your brain works, or if you think most brains work like yours. Just so you know, most people can't remember 99% of conversations verbatim that are years old.

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Re:Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and ... by tut-urut-utut on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:11AM (#29486487)
> hy should a digital message expire when memories don’t?

In that case, why do you need a digital message if you remember everything? You also don't have any extra recording on personal communication except your (and the counterpart) memory, why it should be any different for digital messages?

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Re:Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and ... by fsflover on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:48AM (#29484079)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29483659
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Re:Protected Content, Delete by Date, Device Management and ... by darkwater on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @10:50AM (#29486186)
That's YOU. Not everybody (I would say the majority) can do it, there will always be some doubt as the OP said.
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