how are people able to have such old boards up?

[fairyfloss]

I don't mean a month or two old, I have seen years old? This one from charter is from 2009...how did they get the board? Did someone have a link from 2009 saved, or is this some sort of glitch? Just curious because I thought boards got deleted after a while.

[Hollow]

I'm curious too, I thought the boards expired after a day? I've tried to go back to old boards I've made but they get deleted

[Buizel]

Board replies start to delete after a week or so, but the board itself will not delete until it either hits the 500 post limit, or the user is warned/frozen.

There's a BD board that an old staff member made that the BDers have been bumping for years as well.

Edit: Forgot to add lmao that when your board also reaches the end of page 7 or start of page 8, then that's when I believe it's purged out and you can't find it anymore. So that's why when it's a board people plan to use for a while, they bump it constantly to keep it from getting to page 7.

[PeeweeFurman]

I am not 100% sure when it happens, but if your board does hit page 7, if you have a direct link to your board you have a chance to revive it before it deletes.