Deleted conversations?

Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by spartan1979, Oct 7, 2017.

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  1. spartan1979

    spartan1979 Pundit (970) Dec 29, 2005 Missouri

    I was looking for a conversation I had back in June of 2015. Are conversations deleted after some time period? If so, is there anyway to get one back?

    Thanks.
     
  2. goingbrokeonbeer

    goingbrokeonbeer Grand Pooh-Bah (3,412) Dec 4, 2013 South Carolina
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    I don't think so, ask @Todd
     
  3. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Might have been deleted for being duplicate, off topic, inappropriate, etc. Could even have been renamed or merged.

    Have you looked through your content? Might find it that way.
     
  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Conversations get purged after 2 years of inactivity.
     
  5. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Figured they had to go sometime, but hadn't expected it was that short.
     
  6. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    2 YEARS is short? If y'all ain't had nuthin' new to say to each other in that time frame, just start a new convo with the new intel.
     
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  7. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    It's just forums, but on forum sites where the volume doesn't preclude it, it can be beneficial to keep the history. Then again, perhaps I'm thinking technology forums, not sure how this would apply here where it is largely opinion and casual banter. Not sure how much is appropriate - but they're saying two years, so that's the answer.
     
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  8. cjgiant

    cjgiant Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,584) Jul 13, 2013 District of Columbia
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    There's a cost to everything, of course, at some level. I'm sure no one cleans up conversations on their own, and the sites you speak of are "public" and have value beyond the considerably more limited private messages. Though maybe there's a sales opportunity here, Supporters could get 5 years of conversation holding. :slight_smile:

    I'm guessing to keep the conversation from being deleted you can randomly ping your conversant with "bump" or "how's it going?" Or save off useful information on your own, if it's something important enough.
     
  9. pat61

    pat61 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2010 Minnesota

    We are talking about beer which is probably one of the least important or interesting things one can do with beer. I can't imagine anything that is important enough to save for over 2 years on a public forum on any topic. If you want your words to be permanent, carve them on a marble slab or endow the brothers with .enough $$$$ to buy enough space to store all or our inane musings.
     
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  10. MilkLeg

    MilkLeg Zealot (579) Feb 8, 2016 Canada (AB)

    Quick! Everyone go bump all the 23 month old threads:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
  11. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    I believe OP was asking about the direct conversations not the forums/threads.
     
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