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> Because deleting it would remove the one bit of evidence that this happened and may well wipe out the data that would allow establishing how this was done. Y
by bink 4y ago
> Because deleting it would remove the one bit of evidence that this happened and may well wipe out the data that would allow establishing how this was done.
You say you've been around awhile but you don't seem to understand that there is not such thing as permanent deletion when it comes to social media. "Deleting" the post in this case would only mark it as deleted and remove it from people's feeds. There is no destruction of evidence that would prevent Twitter from investigating the tweet in the future.
- jacquesm 4y agoI would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access.
- throwntoday 4y agoIt is common practice in the industry to never delete data. There are also legal reasons for this.
- ehutch79 4y agoThe way things SHOULD be, and the way things ARE, are not always the same thing.
- jacquesm 4y agoHaving been part of 'the industry' for the last 40 years or so I'm fairly well informed about how things are done and that between 'common practice' and 'actual implementation details' there can be a very, very large difference.
- Melatonic 4y agoTake a screenshot of the Tweet? Download the page with the tweet on it? Seems easy enough if you want a record of it existing. Odd argument for sure. This thread itself is now historical record that it exists.....
- zhfliz 4y agonot arguing in favor of op but there's also legal reasons to not keep data.
- sjs382 4y agoDepending on context (GDPR, CCPA, etc) there are legal reasons to actually delete data when your users request to rather than simply mark the data as "deleted". I understand OP's "I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access." approach. That said though, I wouldn't expect any sort of "investigation", so my approach would probably be the same as most: "meh, delete it, change my password, revoke tokens and move on".
- naikrovek 4y ago> I would not make any assumptions about implementation details to which I have no access. you've made the assumption that a deletion actually deletes, when there is near 100% chance that it doesn't, and there is clearly a 100% chance that Twitter has done all the investigation they are going to do. this isn't a murder investigation, it's a flipping tweet. delete it and move on with your life.