Usenet Retention Tests July 2026: How Much of Your Old Download Is Still There? - Usenet World (usenet.rexum.space)

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[-] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

This is just a guess, but all Usenet providers get copyright requests. Some are slow at deleting and some are fast Eweka is probably fsst which is why a lot was missing. For very old files it doesn't matter since most don't get copyright requests for them.

[-] QuizzaciousOtter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Ah, I see, thanks for the explanation!

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