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minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2PlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·8 months agoEven if they know, burnt out software engineers with other priorities are probably not recovering old data
minus-squareNocturnalEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoUnless some exec has a meltdown and demands them to revert the site
minus-squareCopHater69@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoThat’s usually a monumental undertaking for sites that are majority database-driven like Glassdoor. Think multiple regional databases.
minus-squareessteeyou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 months agoI doubt they delete anything. Just add a flag to the datastore so users don’t see it, but they can still sell it or train AI on it or whatever.
minus-squareskulblaka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThe data is never getting deleted in the first place, “delete” just needs to set a flag for non-visibility. The language used in their disclaimer leads me to believe exactly that is what is happening.
Even if they know, burnt out software engineers with other priorities are probably not recovering old data
Unless some exec has a meltdown and demands them to revert the site
That’s usually a monumental undertaking for sites that are majority database-driven like Glassdoor. Think multiple regional databases.
I doubt they delete anything. Just add a flag to the datastore so users don’t see it, but they can still sell it or train AI on it or whatever.
The data is never getting deleted in the first place, “delete” just needs to set a flag for non-visibility. The language used in their disclaimer leads me to believe exactly that is what is happening.