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		movedx on Oct 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: This is what social media could be I think this can be simply boiled down to: have posts delete themselves if they do not get attention after X time. I don't know if the "garden" or gamified UI is required. We just need healthier social networking and I think that comes with limits on availability, data being deleted after certain time frames, and so on.

culi on Oct 9, 2023 | [–]

Snapchat, Signal, (and now BeReal), etc. We already have social media that has such limits

giantrobot on Oct 9, 2023 | | [–]

Yes I too love dead links. Make sure posts go down the memory hole so it's impossible to find anything ever in the future.

mouse_ on Oct 9, 2023 | [–]

Isn't that just the idea behind forums/imageboards?

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