I agree with all he says
I get how this might mess with the flow of the site, but I would be careful with this kind of tight data retention. If someone wants to delete their presence for legal or political concern, they should be able to. The legal consequences of other agencies scanning the site for political content they don't like will be real and would open the site admins to more legal "discovery" issues.
I have worked for international firms that have a one month, then delete policy on ALL emails. To retain one email for up to three years requires 8-9 mouse clicks. The reason they do this is because they fear discovery in legal battles.
nope, sorry
you are a infection
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