Usually are deletes not true deletes they are just set as deleted, often with a date or a boolean/bit in the database. I have never been to a company where true delete is the default. They are usually manually or scheduled. Just like non IT companies like banks store your info for many years. Even after you are not a customer because of the law.
So it is better to over write it. Often is that only backed up. Some have systems where nothing is truly overwritten because they need to see all changes like version handled web pages like Wikipedia but I would say most overwrite. It can be more complex than what is worth (to keep all the history).
It’s not just that. You can’t delete a subreddit. Even when it was open source. It’s not in the code. It’s not physically possible for a sub to be deleted.
I wonder if there would be any value to go and start a bunch of new subs on reddit, with a very specific set of guidelines. Essentially an army of bots could populate these and it would serve as pure noise. A sort of DDOS if you will. I don’t think this could affect big subs, but it would drown out any smaller subs. Anyways, it’s just a thought.
If it is possible to delete a subreddit? At this point it would send a better message than to do what they are currently doing.
Usually are deletes not true deletes they are just set as deleted, often with a date or a boolean/bit in the database. I have never been to a company where true delete is the default. They are usually manually or scheduled. Just like non IT companies like banks store your info for many years. Even after you are not a customer because of the law.
So it is better to over write it. Often is that only backed up. Some have systems where nothing is truly overwritten because they need to see all changes like version handled web pages like Wikipedia but I would say most overwrite. It can be more complex than what is worth (to keep all the history).
most (if not all), big tech companies have backups behind backups of data, deleting a subreddit would just end up making them recover the data.
It’s not just that. You can’t delete a subreddit. Even when it was open source. It’s not in the code. It’s not physically possible for a sub to be deleted.
I wonder if there would be any value to go and start a bunch of new subs on reddit, with a very specific set of guidelines. Essentially an army of bots could populate these and it would serve as pure noise. A sort of DDOS if you will. I don’t think this could affect big subs, but it would drown out any smaller subs. Anyways, it’s just a thought.