I regularly notice how some people simply delete their post because they don’t like the way people are answering to it. It’s fine they don’t like those answers, it’s not fair they are given the power to mute them.
I find that behavior annoying. Not because someone deletes their post. I mean, they’re free to do whatever they want, but because by doing so they also render the entire discussion unavailable.
Like if all the other participants were submitted to their whims.
Imho, a solution could be to let people delete their post but not the technical-something-whatever that made their post accessible to read and to answer. And so, no matter how shy or regretful the OP could ever be, people that have answered would not be dependent on their willingness to let them speak. And even if the OP was deleted other people would still be able to read the comments and maybe keep on discussing without te OP being involved.
There was a user or two I would explicitly quote their whole comment because of this.
I considered doing that too a while ago, but then realized it was more work & wasted time for us, right? While we could still see the whole thread risk being deleted because OP decides to? So I decided not to. Instead, I block the persons I’ve noticed doing that so I don’t to waste my time reading their posts anymore in the future and won’t risk wasting even more time trying to comment.
Simply put, since they consider it’s ok for them to delete everyone’s content who participated because they’re unhappy about how it turned, well, I help them stay deleted once and for all from my feed ;)
I regularly notice how some people simply delete their post because they don’t like the way people are answering to it. It’s fine they don’t like those answers, it’s not fair they are given the power to mute them.
I find that behavior annoying. Not because someone deletes their post. I mean, they’re free to do whatever they want, but because by doing so they also render the entire discussion unavailable.
Like if all the other participants were submitted to their whims.
Imho, a solution could be to let people delete their post but not the technical-something-whatever that made their post accessible to read and to answer. And so, no matter how shy or regretful the OP could ever be, people that have answered would not be dependent on their willingness to let them speak. And even if the OP was deleted other people would still be able to read the comments and maybe keep on discussing without te OP being involved.
There was a user or two I would explicitly quote their whole comment because of this.
Had an other user constantly edit his post to add points after I replied which was much worse imo.
The only time I ever delete a comment is if it’s within 30 seconds of posting it, as to not cause things like this.
I considered doing that too a while ago, but then realized it was more work & wasted time for us, right? While we could still see the whole thread risk being deleted because OP decides to? So I decided not to. Instead, I block the persons I’ve noticed doing that so I don’t to waste my time reading their posts anymore in the future and won’t risk wasting even more time trying to comment.
Simply put, since they consider it’s ok for them to delete everyone’s content who participated because they’re unhappy about how it turned, well, I help them stay deleted once and for all from my feed ;)