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> When you delete something from Instagram you expect it to be gone for good Ohh do I have some bad news for you. Seemingly everyone in this industry can’t o
by FridgeSeal 6y ago
> When you delete something from Instagram you expect it to be gone for good
Ohh do I have some bad news for you.
Seemingly everyone in this industry can’t or won’t design databases and applications to actually allow for data to be deleted.
- jacquesm 6y agoAnd let's not get started on backups.
- ben509 6y agoDeletion is effectively a failure mode, and engineering tends to focus on the happy path.
- FridgeSeal 6y agoOnly if you treat it like one. Arguably a well designed system should be built to handle having certain user data deleted without interrupting or breaking anything.