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[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They don't have a monetary incentive to bloat their figures.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Letting people who aren't on all the time keep their accounts isn't really bloating the figures. Deleting you after a few months of inactivity is a dick move yo

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah I'd agree that that's a short amount of time. I was moreso just giving my opinion on why a for profit platform may not delete anyone unless they explicitly have to or are asked to