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submitted 2 years ago by _ed@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Excluding existing archiving sites, do you have an expectation or think that data stored on lemmy should be permanent? E.g last 20+ years. Would it matter if old inactive content was culled? If you had the ability to export data if a sever was due to go down, what would you actually do with it.

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[–] XpeeN@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's important that the data will last. So many useful info can be found at threads, even at day-to-day threads.

[–] Daryl76679@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have to agree, Reddit has helped me find answers to questions that other places don't have.

[–] altair222 6 points 2 years ago

Reddit legit became my primary search engine when I was searching about privacy concerns (I'm aware of the irony, but it helped a ton).