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by XorNot 432 days ago
Begging the question why not delete the contacts?

I've been thinking about it: certainly most of the numbers in my contacts list are probably invalid by now. But there's definitely a delta of finality to going "oh there's like 10 people I will ever call and that number is only going to go down... "
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eawgewag 431 days ago
Last time I tried I couldn't find a way to bulk delete contacts. I had to delete them all one by one. I couldn't stand how tedious it was and gave up. I don't feel any kind of sentimentality towards these contacts, given most of these people I haven't spoken to in nearly 15 years

I don't connect google to my phone anymore, so at least they don't pollute any data elsewhere

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doublerabbit 432 days ago
I suppose it's the same as those who keep 100's of deserted discord servers open.

FOMO? That odd chance you may need that contact.

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eawgewag 431 days ago
replied to the parent, but --

Last time I tried I couldn't find a way to bulk delete contacts. I had to delete them all one by one. I couldn't stand how tedious it was and gave up. I don't feel any kind of sentimentality towards these contacts, given most of these people I haven't spoken to in nearly 15 years

I don't connect google to my phone anymore, so at least they don't pollute any data elsewhere

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