Limiting the Lifetime of Social Media Posts

I turned on “Automated post deletion” on Mastodon. The reasons of why I think a limitation vs. posterity is a good thing have already been detailed by me a couple of days ago.

The Ephemeral Internet

Iʼve set the limitation to 90 days, as explained in the post linked above.

I didnʼt limit it when I registered for a Mastodon account some days ago, because I wanted to settle in first and then decide if I want to make irrevocable changes. But reading about many people complaining about Mastodon and its differences to Twitter encouraged me to do the right thing.

Moving From Twitter to Mastodon on the Fediverse

Not everything has to exist eternally; forgetting is the natural state.