One of the GDPR rules is for "data portability". So when a service shuts down or shits the bed or whatnot, users aren't left in the lurch.
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Jul 15 '23, 16:23
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One of the other GDPR rules is for "forget requests". If a user submits one, everything about them should be expunged from the system.
I think both of those are broken on a platform like ST.
Portability is broken because "export all of a user's posts" does not make sense when the posts are replies or threads - the data of other users must be included to maintain any value in the archive.
Forget Requests are broken, because deleting all of a user's posts will utterly destroy any threads they were part of. I can maintain data integrity with stub placeholders, but the conversation would be destroyed.
And of course, they can't work together. If I offer downloads that include the posts of other users, then forget requests are impossible because I can't control the data once downloaded.
I think both of the regulations are good. Important, even. I just don't think they apply sanely to conversations.
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