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Refactor Post IDs #8
Description
Generate a globally unique post ID using the following data combined into a value hashed with xxh. The hash made up of the following values separated by a zero-width unicode space:
- Permanent user id
- A random assortment of exactly 16 characters A-Za-z1-9, allowing a possible amount of 61^16 unique combinations. This is set by the server of the user id.
- A Unix timestamp, matching with the Posts original creation ts, not index ts.
- A signature of the previous two combined with no separator.