RexSystem1 voteoriginally by @Catoklysm on GitHub1 reply
I believe chat messages do not expire and only media/files do so. Personally not a big issue as you can host images and files in other places and embed them in chats, this is usually what I do when I share images from the internet - just have them embed.
I believe the 3 years that (small) media takes to expire is a very long time and in most cases the media I share is not relevant enough to stay around for even a month. Myself I would like the option to have media expire earlier to not have my media floating around Fluxer for so long.
RexSystem1 voteoriginally by @coldreindeer on GitHub OP
I was more thinking for about self hosting, since if every message can expire then you wouldn't have to worry about space even if your server hardly has any storage. Ie a 250gb storage. I'd be fine if the majority of pictures expire unless marked otherwise by someone with a specific role perm like a mod would have. Typically I'd personally only want pics to stay on a rules type channel or the occasional pic from a competition winner or smth like that. Mostly thinking for a long term self hosting perspective. It would also lighten Fluxers non-self hosting load if it worked this way too. Perhaps a way to change the length of time even images don't expire. Perhaps a way to exclude images from expiring on specific channels types as well, such as forum channels when/if that gets added. Most images on average I'd be fine if they expired in 3-6 months for my own use case since people can re-post if they want.
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