What happens to old 4chan posts? Do they get archived or do most get deleted?

NEWFAG!

>>485680
Been here for a few months actually.

>>485684
IGNORANT NEWFAG!

>posts are achived for a week
>they are found on external archives after that

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>>485684
>few months
Can't tell if bait or newfag

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>>485684
>few months

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>>485675
Either they are archived in some way (screen shot or archived) or they are deleted forever.

example this thread pic from forever ago.

Also you are indeed a newfag

>>485684
>few months
>Not a newfag

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>>485675
Let's just say it's up to the individual poster to archive their own posts if they want, and if someone else happens to do it too then lucky you.

>>485675
they get archieved until the archievers HDD's dies and lose all the data :^)

>>485675
They go to post heaven.

they are archived to pedofilerapist.org

You mean do they disappear completely? Probably not. Only very old data gets completely over-written out of existence, unless something happens to almost every piece of hardware that had it on it.