Might depend on how old you are. If you're in your 20s or 30s, you probably still remember the silliest details like a childhood friend's middle name. But after that, bright memories start to fade, and trust me, it only gets worse. That's when you realize that having a little bit of memory scaffolding like old email, chats, and calendar is helpful for once-easy questions like "where did we go camping that one time when I was 28 or 29?"
replyI'm not sure if it needs to be said, but one thing that is possible only if you keep your old chats is the analysis TFA made.
replyThat's a weird reason.
replyThought process: I'm going to keep all my chats and in 20 years time run an analysis on them and write a blog post about it...
Why do you feel the need to delete your chats? Is it to save space? Would you still do it if you had unlimited storage?
replyI wouldn't keep them in any context. I literally cannot see the point. Like I said I genuinely can't understand why you'd want to.
replyI set my chats to be automatically deleted in 24 hours. This way when we have a small argument with someone, there's less chance of someone being triggered/angered by re-reading the chat. Although there have been rare cases where I had big arguments and would've liked to have the receipts.
replyThe only reason I default to 6 months is because 6 months appears to be the cut off after which the history is useless. It's occasionally saved my an arguement about what was agreed / said / planned. Otherwise I'd burn them after an hour.
replyMy friends and I have 14+ year group chat, and we sometimes get drunk, scroll back, and make fun of ourselves. Worth every penny.
replyThe author didn't keep the chats, the companies he interacts with did.
reply>Armed with GDPR and data access laws, I got myself archives with all my messages, reactions, and social graphs.
So a third party stored them for the OP. Same difference. I tend to delete all my stuff.
replyDid you keep your high school yearbooks?
replyHell no, I don't even think my school (British) did them. Nor would I turn up to a reunion. I'm not in contact with anyone I went to school with.
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