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A photo can outlive a delete.
The big ideaCopies, archives and previews can keep a photo. Ask: would future me be glad?
How it works
A photo can outlive a deletion. Deleting your own post removes your copy, but it cannot reach the others.
A friend can save a copy, someone can share it on another page, a website can keep an old page, and a search can keep a small preview.
Deleting still helps, because fewer copies is better. Words last as long as pictures too.
So use the future me test, and picture yourself at fifteen and at twenty-five.
One photo over time.The future me test.
Example 1: Dani's chicken photo
Dani had posted the photo once, and years later it was still online.
A friend had saved a copy, and the friend's cousin had shared it on another page.
Each share made a new copy, and deleting the first did not reach them.
How it came back.
Example 2: Dani's old comment
Dani found a joke he had written at twelve, and it was not kind.
He wrote kindly to the friend who had posted the photo, and the friend took it down.
He used a site's form to ask for the comment to come down. Some places take things down and some do not.
Example 3: Rafi's time capsule
Rafi wrote a letter to himself and buried the box.
Only Rafi knew where it was, so only he would open it.
A photo online is different, because other people can open it.
Words to know
copy
A saved or shared version that deleting your post cannot reach.
archive
A site that keeps copies of old pages.
preview
A small copy a search can keep for a while.
future me test
Asking: would future me be glad?
Watch out
Do not hope nobody notices, and do not post more to cover it up. Tell a grown-up.
Not every place takes a post down when you ask, so think first.
Do not argue with a friend about a copy. Ask kindly, with a grown-up.
Posted something and now you worry? You are never in trouble for telling.
Try it
Can a photo you deleted still show up?
Name a copy that deleting your post cannot reach.
What is the main question of the future me test?
You posted something and now you worry. What do you do?
Why does deleting still help?
Answers: 1. Yes, a copy can · 2. A friend's saved copy, a screenshot or a repost · 3. Would future me be glad? · 4. Tell a grown-up · 5. It takes away your copy
Try at homeWith a grown-up, pick one photo your family has shared and ask who could keep a copy, and if future me would be glad.
For grown-upsSearch your own names together and ask who could keep a copy of a photo your family has shared. Ask friends kindly to take a post down.
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