So the message retention feature landed a while ago, but there was never much demand to activate it so we never did. I have now started a #random (ephemeral) stream where messages are only kept for 30 days after writing them (this can be adjusted if desired).
Feedback welcome!
Other than that, there’s not much to report. The Zulip workspace has grown quite large, currently we average 2000-5000 messages from humans a week, usually with around 200 active users on any given day. Growth has certainly plateaued, but I think there’s still a lot of people who would benefit from joining so I’ll keep periodically advertising!