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Auto-deleting messages by default seems like a clear violation of "the principle of least astonishment/surprise," with no clear way of designing around it. My
by albntomat0 6y ago
Auto-deleting messages by default seems like a clear violation of "the principle of least astonishment/surprise," with no clear way of designing around it.
My personal view is that such a tradeoff comes down to the threat model of the individual user, and they should not be surprised by auto-deleting messages by default.
- lmm 6y agoFor an email-like system you expect to keep all messages forever. For a messenger-like system it's not particularly surprising if your messages expire after a fairly long period (e.g. 30 days or 180 days), IMO. E.g. I genuinely don't know (or care) whether my WhatsApp history is available or not past a month or two back.
- godelski 6y agoI mean a lot of us grew up when you could only save 500 text messages. AIM didn't originally preserve things either. I'm seriously curious why people want to save everything. It seems odd to me, and honestly a bit creepy. But maybe there is a use case I don't understand.
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- JoshTriplett 6y agoPeople suggest, often, that Signal is the usable successor to encrypted email. If it loses data by default, it isn't a viable replacement.