Or it could just be that by deleting posts/threads, you'll be messing around with the tables in a way that creates fragmentation and therefore decreasing performance when data is searched for and retrieved. Deleting near 6K posts however shouldn't be a problem since that's only a minor part of the overall total.AbsoluteDestiny wrote:On the Org we move threads to a special hidden forum instead of deleting them because if someone has done something questionable it's useful to have it around as evidence later on
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BLACKMAIL :OAbsoluteDestiny wrote:On the Org we move threads to a special hidden forum instead of deleting them because if someone has done something questionable it's useful to have it around as evidence later on
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Not in any significant way, our active set fits easily in RAM.Lyrs wrote:Or it could just be that by deleting posts/threads, you'll be messing around with the tables in a way that creates fragmentation and therefore decreasing performance when data is searched for and retrieved.
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Thats....dirty....AbsoluteDestiny wrote:On the Org we move threads to a special hidden forum instead of deleting them because if someone has done something questionable it's useful to have it around as evidence later onOtohiko wrote:Yes. Yes they can. I believe it's not site policy to delete bad threads instead of locking em, but if they degenerate into a flame war, it's as easy as a click of a button to erase them from existence altogether.
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