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One reason may be that some people are hoarders. It's in our genes, like squirrels packing away nuts for the winter. Another may be that texts are like emails
by mikem170 6y ago
One reason may be that some people are hoarders. It's in our genes, like squirrels packing away nuts for the winter.
Another may be that texts are like emails for some people, and some people have reason to save important emails. I know a real estate agent that does a ton of stuff via text.
I delete texts after I process them. If I get a pic I want to keep I save it and back it up on the computer. I don't really save emails, either (I empty my trash every couple of months)
EDIT: added email comparison
- godelski 6y agoI'm not sure the email comparison is good. We usually do a lot of business via email. So it makes sense to have records. Whereas texting we are just casually having conversations. Most people don't use it for business, though I'm sure some do. I do completely understand archiving specific texts (sorry if this wasn't clear in my original statement), but the mass saving is weird to me. It feels akin to having a conversation with my friend and them just pulling out a microphone and recording our conversation. And then when asking why the answer is "for my records" or "it's my data". And I'm accused of being the weird one. I guess I just fundamentally don't understand.