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#archive-notes 2026-05-05

Tuesday25 messages8 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
  • plus_sixteen — i tested the link stripper four times in 2024 and it won every time it once removed a line about a bus route because it read like a handle 18:08
  • area_percent — how far back can a redaction request go 19:03
  • VialBot — On this day 4 years ago this channel logged 32 messages. 19:27
  • thistle_tests — is a day sealed at midnight UTC or at some other point the automated pass eats emails, phone numbers and anything that looks like a handle, and its aggressive 20:22
  • first_and_last_four — how long does a redaction request usually take one timezone one date forever is the least confusing option available and it still confuses everybody 21:25
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the duplicate timestamps are real, two people typing in the same minute get the same stamp

i tested the link stripper four times in 2024 and it won every time
it once removed a line about a bus route because it read like a handle

HM

follow up why does the export come out as one file per channel per day

HM

coming back to this why does a conversation i remember on a tuesday show up on the monday

VB

On this day 4 years ago this channel logged 32 messages.

it says a day is unavailable and deliberately doesnt say which reason, because that would leak a redaction

TT

is a day sealed at midnight UTC or at some other point
the automated pass eats emails, phone numbers and anything that looks like a handle, and its aggressive

TT

there is no window on a redaction request, any published line at any time

ST

if you quote a date from here say UTC, the regional channels have had real confusion about it

ST

an edit inside the first minute is silent, after that it marks, which catches people out

how long does a redaction request usually take
one timezone one date forever is the least confusing option available and it still confuses everybody

ST

ok so i was wrong about the timestamps for ages, i assumed they shifted with summer time. they dont, happy to be corrected

ST

the edited marker means the line was changed inside the same day, before the day sealed, ask me again in a month