Hey #MastoAdmin, can you take/boost this quick poll?
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Hey #MastoAdmin, can you take/boost this quick poll?
Do you regularly run ‘tootctl statuses remove’ as a maintenance activity on your Mastodon server?
Using the admin CLI - Mastodon documentation
tootctl commands that can be run from the CLI.
(docs.joinmastodon.org)
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@mick if the answer is no, then start.
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@vmstan We are giving up a bit of searchable data here though, correct? In ideal world where space was infinite and free it’d be better to have everything rather than dump these?
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@mick I was gonna wait till it was over to give my experience and reasonings behind it, but I noticed that it won't end for another 3 days.
I have ADHD so I'm just gonna get my thoughts out while I'm thinking about them.
I use it regularly because I am already on Fediverse more than most here and don't have time to go back and read old posts.
Everything moves so fast here and for me, it's more about the social interaction between human beings and sharing stuff we enjoy and are passionate about. Other social media was never this way for me so I don't value older posts as much because I'm usually always in a current live conversation with someone.
That being said, it does *only* remove posts that users haven't interacted with yet, which to me seems reasonable, even if I wasn't by myself here.
Since I am my own host and the costs are on me, it only benefits me to do it.
I also feel this way about my own posts. My old posts aren't really relevant and the ones that are, are saved. I have auto deletion of my old posts that aren't favorited or boosted at least twice.
Overall, I run the mentioned command when I get around to it. Usually once or twice a week, and sometimes more if it's been a busy week and I'm worried about my costs.
I don't do a cronjob because for me, there's something satisfying about seeing the process take place.
Hope this makes sense and wasn't too long to read.
I ramble a lot sometimes.
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@BeAware I appreciate the feedback!
Definitely seems a very worthwhile thing for a small instance with few users.
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Sorry Mick
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