Post APbBAy4HMyHfSh230K by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
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 (DIR) Post #APbBAy4HMyHfSh230K by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
       2022-11-14T15:34:50.353063Z
       
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       No, turning on auto-delete posts for your account does not lower the instance burden. If anything, it makes it higher (periodic database queries & federating out delete activities)
       
 (DIR) Post #APbMHiagPYz8yybt2G by ogtrekker@trekkies.social
       2022-11-14T15:40:09Z
       
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       @shadowfacts recommendation? Do it or no? If yes, what age should you set?
       
 (DIR) Post #APbMHj8MOLvKfQMmWm by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
       2022-11-14T17:39:16.867234Z
       
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       @ogtrekker whatever you feel like, it's a matter of personal preference. my point was that you shouldn't turn it on solely to help the server load—because it won't
       
 (DIR) Post #APbMHwa8OOrgNKSe7k by gudenau@fosstodon.org
       2022-11-14T17:17:44Z
       
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       @shadowfacts I wonder how hard the mastodon.technology self destruct might hit instances. That's going to be a lot of activity.
       
 (DIR) Post #APbW7oI7MRgLJAqAfA by shadowfacts@social.shadowfacts.net
       2022-11-14T19:29:28.991293Z
       
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       @cuchaz at a db level, it might come out ahead, but in terms of overall system load, almost certainly not