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    Default this would make eyesonff easier on space

    I know all the functions a administrator or cid's knight has or whatever, because I'm a moderator somewhere else. But why do you not delete forums entirely instead of locking them if you know you won't ever open a certain one again?

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    We don't delete anything, so we have a record. Also, text doesn't take that much space on the server. How many threads adds up to even one MP3? A couple hundred, if not a couple thousand. If the database gets too big generally we prune the whole MB at once by age.

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    So true. The thing that really takes up space is attachments.

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    We've never deleted entire forums. Other than archive-like dealies, entire forums are not locked, either. Only threads.

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    Plus we have like unlimited everything. Huzzah!

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    Cid used a Game Shark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
    We've never deleted entire forums. Other than archive-like dealies, entire forums are not locked, either. Only threads.
    haha. Sorry, it's what I meant

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    If you're talking about General Archive, it's because it's an ARCHIVE. People still read it.

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    So did someone save the entire eizon forum? Truly amazing

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    They did?
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