MeowerMisfit817 comments on Why won't Lemmy delete communities that are innactive?

Why won't Lemmy delete communities that are innactive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I see communities with almost no posts and the only moderator deleted their account. Shouldn't these be deleted?

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 4 days ago (3 children)

I think abandoned communities just spend server space, right? This and unused accounts.

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[–] Die4Ever 6 points 4 days ago (1 child)

An inactive community barely uses any space

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[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 4 days ago

Ah, yes, got it. Thanks :)

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[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Unless it was a hugely popular community with years and years of content posted to it, not just text but videos and photos etc, the server space some text posts and usernames take up is a rounding error.

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[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 2 points 4 days ago

Honestly, posts and users don't take that much space on disk, especially relative to images. I rarely bother to clean abandoned communities on my instance.

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