They have warned about this before, but it’s still pretty wild to think they’re now removing old DMs (and chats, but it’s not like anyone used those).

Interestingly you can still see them if you take out your data via a request, so they got them in the database still.

  • uphillbothways
    42•1 year ago

    adults in the 2000’s: “just remember, anything you put online is gonna be there forever.”

      • @BadRS@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19•1 year ago

        Stuff you’re actively trying to preserve is made of glass and disappears if you don’t look at it for more than a week.

        • @Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.deEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          Looking at you YouTube, deleting videos and removing any trace of them from my playlists. Sad that you got to download so much these days or it’s just gone because a pixel or a single audio nanosecond will get it flagged and deleted.

      • XYZinferno
        4•1 year ago

        Indeed. It’s still a good rule of thumb to remember and teach to kids getting used to the internet. Post something on social media that you might regret later, and there’s absolutely a chance that it gets downloaded, reuploaded, and circulated without your consent. Which at that point, it’s too late to control.

        It’s useful lesson: think twice before uploading something to make sure you won’t regret it later.

    • umbraroze
      8•1 year ago

      Unsaid part of that adage was “…in the public”.

      People forget about nefarious corporations keeping privately shared stuff indefinitely even if you explicitly tell them not to. Or if they swear it’s getting deleted.

      Also, another part of the adage that is incorrect is a corollary to Murphy’s Law. “If you put something online publicly and you expect it to stay online forever, it’s not going to, usually due to corporate bullshit.”

    • Annoyed_🦀 A
      2•1 year ago

      Nah this is the general advice for posting/doing something you will regret 5 years down the road.