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.

    • @BadRSEnglish
      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.

      • @[email protected]English
        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.