What alternative approach is suggested by a forum member to efficiently handle the deletion of posts after the 20th entry in a PHP userbox application?

The issue is that the current PHP userbox application is deleting posts after the 20th entry, which may not be the most efficient approach. A forum member suggests implementing a system where older posts are automatically archived or moved to a separate database table instead of being outright deleted. 

// Check if user has more than 20 posts
if ($user_posts_count > 20) {
    // Archive or move older posts to a separate table
    $query = "INSERT INTO archived_posts SELECT * FROM user_posts WHERE user_id = $user_id ORDER BY post_date ASC LIMIT $user_posts_count - 20";
    $result = mysqli_query($connection, $query);

    // Delete older posts from the main table
    $delete_query = "DELETE FROM user_posts WHERE user_id = $user_id ORDER BY post_date ASC LIMIT $user_posts_count - 20";
    $delete_result = mysqli_query($connection, $delete_query);
}

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