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  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Well,

    • a cache shouldn’t slow down an app. If it’s slowing down an app, it’s using the cache wrong. There shouldn’t be any reason to clear a cache regularly. You should clear a cache when you need to for specific reasons like there is something bad/corrupt in the cache or you temporarily need the space used by the cache.
    • this makes your advice seem somewhat trite and uh, I’ll call it “uninformed”
    • this leads to your tone being… weird, maybe, in a technology forum?

    Don’t dwell on it though. The internet can be harsh and you were well-meaning :)

    • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Huh, when i started in on Lemmy it seemed that emptying overgrown caches was the first step in troubleshooting app woes. Have they gotten to a place where this isn’t the case? Was i misinformed? Thunder seems to be more snappy now that i cleared it.

      • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.caEnglish
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        7 months ago

        If it’s an app in early development, then that’s probably a problem with an app.

        Which comes back to another issue with your post. You didn’t say what app you were talking about. Cache clearing should not be general advice.

        • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Ahhh. That is good to know. Well, my most down-voted post will at least have taught me something. Thank you for taking the time to respond.