{"id":46308,"date":"2025-01-03T21:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T02:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46308"},"modified":"2025-01-04T09:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:59:55","slug":"autodesk-deletes-old-forum-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/03\/autodesk-deletes-old-forum-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Deletes Old Forum Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autodesk<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

To keep our community efficient and up to date, we’ll be archiving content older than 10 years. We built a policy around document retention to stay relevant to our users and customers.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

 The archiving process will start in December and is planned to be completed before the end of [2024].<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Archiving is based on the creation date of the idea or forum thread. The latest activity does not affect the archiving process. All replies and comments within a topic being archived will also be archived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

kerry_w_brown<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The title says archiving but the posts indicate Unfortunately, we cannot keep the content<\/strong>, which in my book is DELETING<\/strong>.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Deleting everything that was originated prior to 10 years ago will destroy a wealth of information that is still viable. This information has not been transferred to the “Help” files and will no longer be searchable, the bookmarked links (published and personal) will no longer be available and the peers who provided this information probably won’t be available ( or not inclined ) to reproduce the information when it is required.<\/p>

These groups are peer to peer and the answers to peoples questions and solutions to problems is typically provided by users of the products, not by the builders of the products. I consider this action to be an insult to the efforts of the people who have, at their own expense, graciously helped other users over the years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n