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allow undeletion of posts for a short time after deletion
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after a post is deleted, there should be a period of time (say, 30 days) during which the post can be undeleted. after that time, the post should be purged, so that it can never be undeleted.
Full description of the ideasometimes, it would be nice
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While I'm sure it is possible for developers to access backups and restore entries that have been deleted, historically this has been reserved for LiveJournal-side technical problems causing disappearing entries, not for account compromise situations. As horrible as it is to have an account compromise, I would not like to set a precedent of disturbing the developers and requiring a manual restoration for anything short of an LJ-side catastrophe.
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I don't think it's actually that possible. While under certain circumstances maybe some things could be found through a lot of work and pounding on things, I don't think it's actually really that possible in most situations.
ETA: sorry, still on first cup of coffee. I hope this makes sense.
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and +1 to 72 hours
otherwise, I think it's a good idea
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And I agree, a week or less is a much better time period.
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But for storage concerns, 3 days to a week is plenty of time to save a deleted post, IMO.
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