alt Hacker NewsWhy do people keep chats? I have none, oldest is 6 months which is when I set my chat app to delete them. I'm the same with emails. Genuinely don't understand why you'd want to keep this stuff. I'd never go back and reread them.
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tokioyoyo • today at 1:57 PM
My friends and I have 14+ year group chat, and we sometimes get drunk, scroll back, and make fun of ourselves. Worth every penny.
salviati • today at 12:12 PM
I'm not sure if it needs to be said, but one thing that is possible only if you keep your old chats is the analysis TFA made.
momento • today at 12:55 PM
The author didn't keep the chats, the companies he interacts with did.
>Armed with GDPR and data access laws, I got myself archives with all my messages, reactions, and social graphs.
inanutshellus • today at 1:41 PM
Did you keep your high school yearbooks?
Why do you feel the need to delete your chats? Is it to save space? Would you still do it if you had unlimited storage?