• XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Punishing future searchers is what has me conflicted about wiping everything. I have an 11 year account. I have no idea how many times my troubleshooting was correct for various issues or howany times my anecdotal incidents could match for someone else.

    xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients

    https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/wisdom_of_the_ancients.png

    Rollover: “All long threads should have a globally editable post stickied to the top saying” DEAR FUTURE USERS, here’s what we’ve learned so far"

    Since I didn’t figure out image embedding, here’s the regular link https://xkcd.com/979/

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      2 years ago

      Well host those comments on your own website and submit it to Google to be indexed?

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        2 years ago

        It’s not realistic. I’m not THAT helpful. I just know the value I’ve found in ancient threads myself. I can’t really sift through my own shit posts in any meaningful way and I can’t bring the entire discussions with me.