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4 pointsMsGemNicholls14y ago6 comments

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Downloading and archiving every conversation online is expensive and I'm not sure enough users would be willing to pay to have a centralized message reply service.

I guess that in Silicon Valley where the money grows on trees, a business model is optional.

MsGemNichollsOP14y ago

Funny you say that. This data is already stored at Google, Facebook, Twitter et al. All I'm asking for is for it to be indexed and available to me to search. For the amount of time I spend searching for old content, I would even pay a small amount for this feature as it would save me time.

joeblau14y ago

Yeah that's true, I wonder if there is a way to run a search on all of the major chat platforms though only your messages. You must say some important things to want to get your history back :).

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alok-g14y ago

Checkout http://www.infoaxe.com/aboutinfoaxe.jsp

It's something close.

hackNightly14y ago

Doesn't Greplin do this?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

6 comments

joeblau14y ago

Downloading and archiving every conversation online is expensive and I'm not sure enough users would be willing to pay to have a centralized message reply service.

I guess that in Silicon Valley where the money grows on trees, a business model is optional.

MsGemNichollsOP14y ago

joeblau14y ago

Yeah that's true, I wonder if there is a way to run a search on all of the major chat platforms though only your messages. You must say some important things to want to get your history back :).

1 more reply

alok-g14y ago

Checkout http://www.infoaxe.com/aboutinfoaxe.jsp

It's something close.

hackNightly14y ago

Doesn't Greplin do this?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse