Ask HN: Do HN's "saved stories" list only items less than 100 days old?

Hello! I tried hn-profile [1] to download my saved HN stories (i.e., "saved stories" under my profile). I was thrilled to have finally found such a tool, but disappointed to see only stories less than 100 days old (<102, to be precise). Is this a well-known fact? Is this information indeed lost/purged?

Thanks!

[1] https://github.com/bsandrow/hn-profile

tokenadult 14y

I can readily look up HN stories older than that. You are just using the wrong tool. With site-restricted Google search, or with search by user and keyword through HN Search, you can find such gems as

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171

from 1379 days ago with pg's opinion about using downvoting to express disagreement with comments.

ez77OP14y

Thanks for your reply. I can see my wording is confusing: I know the actual stories are kept, but I was referring to the "saved stories" under your profile. I have rephrased the question, hoping it's now clear.

mooism2 14y

I went 554 days back through my saved stories before I got bored of clicking next. So no, it doesn't.

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