Reddit is removing years of chat history

Removing chats will help in smooth and quick transition into chat architecture

Reddit has confirmed that it is removing years of chat history from before 2023 as it is moving to a new chat architecture. 

Back in June, Reddit announced that it is transitioning into a new chat architecture. Hence, removing older messages will enable a smoother and quicker shift.

Chats before January 1, 2023, have been removed from the platform whereas the chats for this year have been migrated to the new chat architecture.

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Although Reddit had posted this message on its site, it did not clearly mention that the previous data will be completely removed for the users.

As a result, many people ended up losing their chats. However, as per Mashable, users can request account data from Reddit through an online form from their account.