Reddit is removing years of chats and messages

If you have fond memories of chatting with Reddit friends, you might want to check your archives. Reddit has confirmed userreports that it's removing all chats and messages from before 2023. As the social site explained in June, it's moving to a new chat architecture and believes pulling older messages will enable a "smooth and quick transition" to the new architecture. The change took effect June 30th, but many users only noticed days later.