[BTC]

Literally anything you export could be modified, even PDF’s. It doesn’t have to be used as an authentic tracker, just a point of reference.

True, it would be very difficult to setup a system to export and not have it modified/faked afterwards.

The only methods I can think of would just be completely pointless to even waste the time on setting up. And some would require too much resources

[SoulZeh]

6 months and an option to export. I see you're mentioning it'd be a pdf format. It'd be highly desirable that you can verify what you've exported - each export should have its own unique id to prevent faking of convos if they need to be reused after. I viewed the current PM export feature, it's just a wall of text that can be easily faked.

I somewhat suggested that here: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?ti...id59028514

But Omniscient said it would be more annoying than useful, so..

[TCP]

Voted 30 days, but I think up to 6 months is reasonable especially if related to the marketplace

[HyperPhobic]

We already prune old PMs.  Doing about 1m rows now.  It's just part of policy and we actually have more PMs than posts on HF.  The expectation is that Convo will replace PMs eventually.  But given the nature of Convo I think we should set a standard for pruning as well.

I'd like to ask members what they think is reasonable time to prune/delete messages. Realize when I say prune I do mean delete and that once deleted these messages cannot be recovered. It's also unreasonable to believe we will never prune them.  Tables can get huge causing resource problems and eventually slowness of the feature.

Also by pruning it allows for slightly more privacy.  Your data has limited shelf-life and thus you might feel more secure and private in that way.  I suggest 60 days but I'm getting feedback on this in case members feel that's too short or heck, maybe too long.  I think the minimum I would do is 30 days and max 1 year. We have to monitor usage.  If we do fully replace the PM system then the table is likely going to explode in size.

Thank you for your feedback.

Hey Omni! This is my first time quoting you, just wanted to say hey :P I think it should be 60 days, as that's a reasonable time to respond to messages. Maybe a feature to save messages for paid members?

Most messages are "dO u HAcK sIr?" so yeah, wipe that stuff. But I think there should be an option to save important messages, as there are sellers here who do transactions a lot, and some don't login regularly. :P your call at the end of the day, this is just my suggestion, hope it helps 🙂

[Xepher The Cat]

I voted one year, I personally think one year is quite optimal.