Comment by ifh-hn
5 hours ago
Why 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.
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.
That's a weird reason.
Thought process: I'm going to keep all my chats and in 20 years time run an analysis on them and write a blog post about it...
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?
I wouldn't keep them in any context. I literally cannot see the point. Like I said I genuinely can't understand why you'd want to.
I set my chats to be automatically deleted in 24 hours. This way when we have a small argument with someone, there's less chance of someone being triggered/angered by re-reading the chat. Although there have been rare cases where I had big arguments and would've liked to have the receipts.
The only reason I default to 6 months is because 6 months appears to be the cut off after which the history is useless. It's occasionally saved my an arguement about what was agreed / said / planned. Otherwise I'd burn them after an hour.
My friends and I have 14+ year group chat, and we sometimes get drunk, scroll back, and make fun of ourselves. Worth every penny.
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.
So a third party stored them for the OP. Same difference. I tend to delete all my stuff.
Did you keep your high school yearbooks?
Hell no, I don't even think my school (British) did them. Nor would I turn up to a reunion. I'm not in contact with anyone I went to school with.