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Well i don't expect them to do it instantly, but just "never" deleting anything is what bugs me. There is no necessity to change backups, just to remove it fro
by sek 15y ago
Well i don't expect them to do it instantly, but just "never" deleting anything is what bugs me.
There is no necessity to change backups, just to remove it from the current database and when the last backup is outdated it is gone.
You can't come up with a realistic example that cannot be solved by 6 months old backups.
- ma2rten 15y agoThe main reason why facebook and many other websites do this is risk minimalization. What if some spam filter goes wild and deletes half of all profiles? EDIT: That was just meant to be an example. I believe it's generally a good practice to use a delete flag as the default option (unless there are legal or serious privacy concerns), because it makes you sleep better at night. I don't know if it justified in this case, but I just wanted to point out that they did not do it just out of pure evilness.
- burgerbrain 15y agoIt would hardly be a great programming feat to create 3 states: 'good', 'marked as spam, hidden', and 'deleted, remove from the DB at earliest convienence'. Hell, my mail client has been doing that as long as I can remember.