should posts be permanent on forums

[md16185]

IS there ever a time, where forums should delete old posts, like if there
haven't been any views in awhile, or should posts be like a permanent
archive?

just wondered..

 

[Brandon]

Yes, if your database can not hold anymore.

 

[Watch Me Sink]

Unless you are really big, leave them there (unless they are bad posts). If your forum has 1,000,000 posts, deleting a couple hundred won't matter, but if your forum has 1,000 deleting a few hundred would be bad.

 

[Zakattak]

Well, I'm agreeing with Elochai but I think members should have the choice to delete their posts

 

[MNDF]

I'd say the same as Elochai, unless you're a large forum you shouldn't have any need to be deleting old posts.

Just leave them in place, IMO.

 

[Jasonp]

Id say make a Archive forum and move all old/solved topics there .. i dont think posts should be deleted.

 

[Cloverfield]

I don't think posts should be deleted either.

 

[ℓєσ gнσѕт]

I say leave them as they lie. Archive forum bug me, its like a graveyard of posts...

 

[CyberFreak]

I think the only posts that should be deleted are spam posts. Other then that you should only delete posts if your host has a limit on the max size of your DB in which case i would consider moving hosts before you reach that anyway.